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snakes1224 wrote a new post, Elizabeth Hardwick 9 years, 7 months ago
Elizabeth Hardwick was a female novelist and feminist born in Lexington, Kentucky circa 1916. Her name is often overlooked in history today and for what reason? There are unfortunately many reasons why this woman who has contributed so much to the world of literature and feminism is so often ignored by historians. Ms. Hardwick was […]
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snakes1224 wrote a new post, Alice Allison Dunnigan 9 years, 7 months ago
Alice Allison Dunnigan was born to a farmer in Russelville, Kentucky in 1906 and grew up unwanted by her grandmother for not being “black enough” and eventually turning into one of the most accomplished African American female journalists. Ms. Dunnigan took on many responsibilties early, cooking meals, ironing for her mother and helping her father […] -
snakes1224 posted on the forum topic Involvement in the civil rights movement in the group
MLKjrNA: 9 years, 7 months agoWhat role did women play in the proposed urban renewal projects of the 1960’s in and around Lexington, particularly within the East End?
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snakes1224 posted an update in the group
1965 Lexington ”Urban Renewal” and the Women of MLKjr Neighborhood 9 years, 7 months agoOur group has recently found information on the urban renewal era of Lexington that affected different areas of the city, particularly the East End. Our research has led us to find the minutes of the Lexington-Fayette City-County urban planning commission meetings from 1928-1974. We have also found maps drawn by designers assigned to work on the…[Read more]
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snakes1224 commented on the post, Lucy Harth Smith 9 years, 7 months ago
Dawn, take a look at the Kentucky Negro Education Association Journal. Vol. 10 issue 93. In this journal it describes the effort put forth by the Kentucky State legislature to educate children of color. It’s interesting to read because it sheds light on an issue that is commonly thought to be only addressed recently(as in […]
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snakes1224 commented on the post, Suffrage for All? 9 years, 8 months ago
I wrote an entry on Laura Clay as well and noticed the same thing you did: that although she was a staunch supporter of womens’ suffrage, she voted against the 19th Amendment to secure womens’ rights to vote. There is an interesting article written by Jane E. Schultz titled “States’ Rights or Women’s Rights?” that […]
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MLKjrNA 9 years, 8 months agoOur group has a meeting with the president of the MLK neighborhood association on friday to discuss our new focus and to gather more information about the neighborhood.
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MLKjrNA 9 years, 8 months agoOur group also found the Deed for Shiloh Baptist Church
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snakes1224 posted an update in the group
MLKjrNA 9 years, 8 months agoOur group has just finalized a focus for the neighborhood project. Our focus: The 1965 “Urban Renewal” proposal
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snakes1224 started the forum topic Involvement in the civil rights movement in the group
MLKjrNA: 9 years, 8 months agoHow was the Martin Luther King neighborhood involved in the civil rights movement?
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snakes1224 posted an update in the group
MLKjrNA 9 years, 8 months agoI recently discovered the Deed for Shiloh Baptist Church and have set up meetings with various community members in hopes of obtaining more information on the history and social background of the neighborhood.
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snakes1224 wrote a new post, Virginia Durr and her work with Anne Braden 9 years, 8 months ago
Virginia and Clifford Durr, courtesy of Birmingham Public Library Archives Virginia Durr was born into a white, privileged family and received her education from a small college in the northeast United States. So how did someone such as herself become an active leader against segregation and racism in the south? She was born in Birmingham, Alabama and […] -
snakes1224 commented on the post, Women's Suffrage in the South–Was it harder to obtain Equal Rights for Women? 9 years, 8 months ago
I think that women’s suffrage was equally difficult both in the North and the South. Unfortunately, I think that it was a nationwide problem. Although there were certainly circumstances in which women were more heavily oppressed in one region as compaed to another, I feel that the theme of inequality lied on both sides of […]
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snakes1224 wrote a new post, Emily Greene Balch 9 years, 8 months ago
Emily Greene Balch can be categorized into a group that unfortunately too many women fall victim. Ms. Balch, although being one of the most intelligent women and great activists for equality and peace during her time, fell into obscurity in a society that too often emphasizes what isn’t important. Ms. Balch was born in Boston […]
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snakes1224 posted an update in the group
MLKjrNA 9 years, 8 months agoThis group consists of 5 class members who will each contribute individual research in collaboration with group research in order to support our service learning project.
Together, we look to combine our information to form a public interactive website including the history of its women, roles, and both issues and acheivements of the Martin…[Read more]
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snakes1224 commented on the post, Lt. Anna Mac Clarke- First African American Women that Commanded An All White Regiment 9 years, 9 months ago
This is an interesting woman for not only her time, but even during the present time in which we live today. There’s a website that can be useful when searching for women in the military and other distinguished women:
http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/subject.php?FieldId=37
Check it out!
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snakes1224 commented on the post, A Lady with Gumption 9 years, 9 months ago
I think it’s interesting to read the part that you included which tells about her furiosity towards the comment her mother’s friend makes to her.“ How do you know what I’m going to do when I don’t even know yet myself? I do know I’m not gonna be just a house wife with a house […]
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