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County: Jessamine
Dr. Phillip's Birthplace
Marker Number:
1473
Location:
303 S. Main St., Nicholasville
Dr. Lena Madesin Phillips, founder of National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, 1919, born here, September 15, 1881. Her work with the YWCA, 1917, led to interest in organization of business women. Instrumental in organizing and first President of the International Federation of B. and P. W., 1930. Died 1955; buried Maple Grove Cem., Nicholasville.