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Marker #1876 Madeline M. Breckinridge

This descendant of Henry Clay and Ephraim McDowell was born in 1872 in Franklin County. She promoted the treatment and cure of tuberculosis, advanced educational opportunities for poor children in Lexington and the entire state of Kentucky, and helped gain voting rights for women.

Madeline McDowell Breckinridge saw woman suffrage as a way to advance social reform. She served as president of Kentucky Equal Rights Association, and also vice-president of National American Woman Suffrage Association. The ratification of the 19^th amendment* by Kentucky legislature, largely credited to her efforts. She died the same year the amendment was passed. She is buried in The Lexington Cemetery.

* Ratification of the 19^th Amendment gave women the right to vote

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