Madeline McDowell Breckinridge and the Battle for a New South

by Melba Porter Hay

Book Overview

Preeminent Kentucky reformer and women's rights advocate Madeline McDowell Breckinridge (1872--1920) was at the forefront of social change during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. A descendant of Henry Clay and the daughter of two of Kentucky's most prominent families, Breckinridge had a remarkably varied activist career that included roles in the promotion of public health, education, women's rights, and charity. Founder of the Lexington...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813125324
• ISBN13: 9780813125329
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher