Elise Bennett Smith, the Glossary
Elise Clay Bennett Smith (September 9, 1871 – 1964) was President of the Kentucky Equal Rights Association from 1915 to 1916, and served as an Executive Committee member for the National American Woman Suffrage Association.[1]
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28 relations: Ann Arbor, Michigan, Augustus Owsley Stanley, Ayer, Massachusetts, Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale, Belle Harris Bennett, Carrie Chapman Catt, Cora Wilson Stewart, Daughters of the American Revolution, Frankfort, Kentucky, Groton School, James B. McCreary, Kentucky Equal Rights Association, Knoxville, Tennessee, Laura Clay, Louisville, Kentucky, Madeline McDowell Breckinridge, Madison County, Kentucky, Mary Barr Clay, Mary Jane Warfield Clay, National American Woman Suffrage Association, New York City, Richmond, Kentucky, St. James–Belgravia Historic District, St. Louis, Suffrage, Susan B. Anthony, Thomas A. Combs, University of Michigan.
- Kentucky women in politics
- Suffragists from Kentucky
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ann Arbor is a college town and the county seat of Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States.
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Augustus Owsley Stanley
Augustus Owsley Stanley I (May 21, 1867 – August 12, 1958) was an American politician from Kentucky.
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Ayer, Massachusetts
Ayer is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.
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Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale
Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale (1883 – 5 September 1967) was an English actress, lecturer, writer, and suffragist.
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Belle Harris Bennett
Belle Harris Bennett (December 3, 1852 – July 20, 1922) led the struggle for and won laity rights for women in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Elise Bennett Smith and Belle Harris Bennett are American political activists and suffragists from Kentucky.
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Carrie Chapman Catt
Carrie Chapman Catt (born Carrie Clinton Lane; January 9, 1859Fowler, p. 3 – March 9, 1947) was an American women's suffrage leader who campaigned for the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which gave U.S. women the right to vote in 1920.
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Cora Wilson Stewart
Cora Wilson Stewart (January 17, 1875 – December 2, 1958) was an American progressive era social reformer and educator who is well known for her work to eliminate adult illiteracy.
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Daughters of the American Revolution
The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (often abbreviated as DAR or NSDAR) is a lineage-based membership service organization for women who are directly descended from a person involved in supporting the American Revolutionary War.
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Frankfort, Kentucky
Frankfort is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kentucky and the seat of Franklin County.
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Groton School
Groton School is a private college-preparatory day and boarding school located in Groton, Massachusetts.
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James B. McCreary
James Bennett McCreary (July 8, 1838 – October 8, 1918) was an American lawyer and politician from Kentucky.
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Kentucky Equal Rights Association
Kentucky Equal Rights Association (KERA) was the first permanent statewide women's rights organization in Kentucky.
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Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County, Tennessee, United States.
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Laura Clay
Laura Clay (February 9, 1849June 29, 1941), co-founder and first president of the Kentucky Equal Rights Association, was a leader of the American women's suffrage movement. Elise Bennett Smith and Laura Clay are American political activists and suffragists from Kentucky.
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Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville is the most populous city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, sixth-most populous city in the Southeast, and the 27th-most-populous city in the United States.
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Madeline McDowell Breckinridge
Madeline (Madge) McDowell Breckinridge (May 20, 1872 – November 25, 1920) was an American leader of the women's suffrage movement in Kentucky. Elise Bennett Smith and Madeline McDowell Breckinridge are suffragists from Kentucky.
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Madison County, Kentucky
Madison County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Kentucky.
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Mary Barr Clay
Mary Barr Clay (October 13, 1839 – October 12, 1924) was a leader of the American women's suffrage movement. Elise Bennett Smith and Mary Barr Clay are suffragists from Kentucky.
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Mary Jane Warfield Clay
Mary Jane Warfield Clay (January 20, 1815 – April 29, 1900) was an American socialite, suffragist, abolitionist, and political activist. Elise Bennett Smith and Mary Jane Warfield Clay are American political activists and suffragists from Kentucky.
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National American Woman Suffrage Association
The National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) was an organization formed on February 18, 1890, to advocate in favor of women's suffrage in the United States.
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New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
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Richmond, Kentucky
Richmond is a home class city in Kentucky and the county seat of Madison County, Kentucky, United States.
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St. James–Belgravia Historic District
The St.
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St. Louis
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Suffrage
Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise is the right to vote in public, political elections and referendums (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote).
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Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony (born Susan Anthony; February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906) was an American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement.
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Thomas A. Combs
Thomas Asbury Combs (February 25, 1868 – April 7, 1935) was an American politician who served as mayor of Lexington, Kentucky from 1904 to 1907 and as a member of the Kentucky Senate from 1908 to 1912 and from 1916 to 1920.
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University of Michigan
The University of Michigan (U-M, UMich, or simply Michigan) is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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See also
Kentucky women in politics
- Barbara A. Perry
- Bev Perdue
- Carolyn Gallaher
- Christine A. Elder
- Cynthia Jenkins
- Debra Maggart
- Elise Bennett Smith
- Emma Guy Cromwell
- Juanita M. Kreps
- Julia Carson
- Katherine Peden
- Katherine Pettit
- Kay Kirkpatrick
- Kelly Craft
- Lisa Godbey Wood
- Louise Slaughter
- Martha Craig Daughtrey
- Nancy McDonald
- Pat Danner
- Patsy Terrell
- Pearl Frances Runyon
- Rebecca Jackson (politician)
- Sandra Blanton
- Sara Walter Combs
- Sue Bell Cobb
Suffragists from Kentucky
- Abby Scott Baker
- Alice Barbee Castleman
- Anna Simms Banks
- Belle Harris Bennett
- Christine Bradley South
- Elise Bennett Smith
- Eliza Calvert Hall
- Ellen Battelle Dietrick
- Emma Guy Cromwell
- Frances Estill Beauchamp
- John Gregg Fee
- Julia Blackburn Duke Henning
- Katherine G. Langley
- Katherine Pettit
- Laura Clay
- List of Kentucky suffragists
- Louise Southgate
- Madeline McDowell Breckinridge
- Mary Barr Clay
- Mary E. Britton
- Mary Elliott Flanery
- Mary Jane Warfield Clay
- Mattie Griffith Browne
- Richard Crossfield
- Sarah Gibson Humphreys
- Susan Look Avery
- Virginia Penny