Carolyn Conn Moore | |
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Member of the
Kentucky Senate from the 5th district | |
Assumed office November 1949 | |
Preceded by | J. Lee Moore |
Personal details | |
Born | Carolyn Conn January 7, 1904 Adairville, Kentucky, U.S. |
Died | January 14, 1985 | (aged 81)
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | J. Lee Moore |
Carolyn Conn Moore (January 7, 1904 – January 14, 1986) was an American politician from Franklin, Kentucky who became the first woman to serve in the Kentucky Senate when in November 1949 she won a special election to replace her husband, J. Lee Moore, in the legislature after his death. [1]
Moore was married to J. Lee Moore, who was an attorney and legislator. [1]
Moore was active in the Franklin County PTA and served as vice president of the Kentucky Congress of Parents and Teachers. [2]
After the death of her husband in 1949, Carolyn ran unopposed in a special election to fill her husband's seat in the 5th District seat representing Simpson County, Kentucky. [2]
On March 25, 1950, the Kentucky General Assembly passed a motion that placed a plaque "on the desk occupied by Mrs. J. Lee Moore, the first woman member in the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky." [3]
After she completed the term, she took a job with the Democratic National Headquarters. She traveled the country speaking to women about political issues. [1]
Later Moore worked as a recruiter for Belmont College in Tennessee. Moore moved to Tuscaloosa and worked as a housemother at Alpha Delta Gamma sorority. She continued working in politics through the League of Women Voters. [1]
Carolyn Conn Moore | |
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Member of the
Kentucky Senate from the 5th district | |
Assumed office November 1949 | |
Preceded by | J. Lee Moore |
Personal details | |
Born | Carolyn Conn January 7, 1904 Adairville, Kentucky, U.S. |
Died | January 14, 1985 | (aged 81)
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | J. Lee Moore |
Carolyn Conn Moore (January 7, 1904 – January 14, 1986) was an American politician from Franklin, Kentucky who became the first woman to serve in the Kentucky Senate when in November 1949 she won a special election to replace her husband, J. Lee Moore, in the legislature after his death. [1]
Moore was married to J. Lee Moore, who was an attorney and legislator. [1]
Moore was active in the Franklin County PTA and served as vice president of the Kentucky Congress of Parents and Teachers. [2]
After the death of her husband in 1949, Carolyn ran unopposed in a special election to fill her husband's seat in the 5th District seat representing Simpson County, Kentucky. [2]
On March 25, 1950, the Kentucky General Assembly passed a motion that placed a plaque "on the desk occupied by Mrs. J. Lee Moore, the first woman member in the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky." [3]
After she completed the term, she took a job with the Democratic National Headquarters. She traveled the country speaking to women about political issues. [1]
Later Moore worked as a recruiter for Belmont College in Tennessee. Moore moved to Tuscaloosa and worked as a housemother at Alpha Delta Gamma sorority. She continued working in politics through the League of Women Voters. [1]