Madeline McDowell Breckinridge and the Battle for a New South

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Contents List of Illustrations ix Foreword xi Acknowledgments xiii 1. “One great honored name,” 1872–1889 1 2. “A thunder-bolt out of a clear sky,” 1890–1896 20 3. “An unholy interest in reforming others,” 1897–1900 47 4. “Our hope lies in the children,” 1901–1904 72 5. “Whatever a woman can do . . . in the long run she will do,” 1905–1907 99 6. “Educational advance and school suffrage for women go hand in hand,” 1908–1911 129 7. “Among the most brilliant advocates of votes for women in this country,” 1912–1913 151 8. “An able speaker, a brilliant woman,” 1914–1915 170 9. “I cannot keep her from doing more than she ought to do,” 1916–1918 192 10. Kentucky’s “most distinguished woman citizen,” 1919–1920 215 Epilogue: “She belonged to Kentucky” 237 Appendix: Selections from Articles and Speeches of Madeline McDowell Breckinridge 249 Notes 269 Bibliography 319 Index 335 ...