New book chronicles advances in women's rights in Kentucky

New book chronicles advances in women's rights in Kentucky
By Annie Garau
June 14, 2014

In 1838, Kentucky became the first state in the country to give women the right to vote. That is, as long as women were widowed and had children attending schools in rural districts, the ladies had the right to vote for school board members.

Along with that distinction, Kentucky, in 1902, became one of only two states to ever rescind a woman's right to vote.

This is one of the many facts from Carol E. Jordan's fourth and newest book, Violence Against Women in Kentucky: A History of U.S. and State Legislative Reform (University Press of Kentucky, $40). The book chronicles the progress of women's rights in Kentucky since the 19th century.

Jordan, who has worked as an advocate for women's rights for more than 30 years, is founding executive director of the University of Kentucky's Office for Policy Studies on Violence Against Women....

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