This exhibit explores female participation in the Lost Cause movement from the end of the Civil War in 1865 to the early twentieth century in Kentucky. During the Civil War, Kentucky remained in the Union, but after the war Confederate organizations and activism spread rapidly throughout the state. This exhibit explores the involvement of women in the Confederate organizations, Kentucky Woman’s Confederate Monument Association and the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
By Whitney Todd
Featured Item
Certificate of Membership for United Daughters of the Confederacy
Alyce Russell’s official certificate of membership for the Lebanon, KY Chapter of United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Featured Collection
Gorin Family Papers
Photos from Orphan Brigade reunion memento. Material from Gorin Family Papers. Filson Historical Society. Louisville, KY.
Featured Exhibit
Kentukcy Women and the Lost Cause
This exhibit explores female participation in the Lost Cause movement in Kentucky from the end of the Civil War in...
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Emblem of United Daughters of the Confederacy
Emblem “shall consist of a representation of the Confederate flag (stars and bars), in white, blue, and scarlet enamel, surrounded by a laurel wreath,…
Image of Monument Planned by Enid Yandell
Sketch of Louisville Confederate Monument drawn by Enid Yandell.
