# Event Details

- **Event Name**: 'A Kentucky Portia': Sophonisba Breckinridge, First Woman Lawyer in the Bluegrass State
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 03 Jun, 2021 at 06:00 pm – Thu, 03 Jun, 2021 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: In 1897, the Texas Daily Herald ran a story about a native Lexingtonian under the headline “A Kentucky Portia.” This subject of the story was Sophonisba Breckinridge, the first woman lawyer in the Bluegrass State. This presentation will address Breckinridge's lengthy struggle to achieve her legal ambitions, her brief and troubled legal career, and her lasting legislative legacy. Ultimately, the “Kentucky Portia” would become an important and effective advocate for social justice in modern America. 

Anya Jabour is Regents Professor of History at the University of Montana and the author of Sophonisba Breckinridge: Championing Women's Activism in Modern America, the first biography of a "forgotten feminist" who advanced women's rights, racial justice, and social welfare in twentieth-century America. Her scholarship has been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Huffington Post. The author of numerous books and articles about women, families, and children in the nineteenth-century South, Jabour served as an on-set historical advisor for the PBS Civil War miniseries, Mercy Street. She also served as the state coordinator for an Online Biographical Dictionary of Suffrage Activists, soliciting and editing more than 80 biographical sketches of lesser-known suffragists. She is Director of the Public History Program at the University of Montana.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/online/a-kentucky-portia-sophonisba-breckinridge-first-woman-lawyer-in-the-bluegrass-state/200021041931308
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Online
- **location**: online
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- **full address**: Online

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is 'A Kentucky Portia': Sophonisba Breckinridge, First Woman Lawyer in the Bluegrass State being held?
  - **A:** 'A Kentucky Portia': Sophonisba Breckinridge, First Woman Lawyer in the Bluegrass State takes place on Thu, 03 Jun, 2021 at 06:00 pm to Thu, 03 Jun, 2021 at 07:00 pm at Online.
- **Q**: Who is organizing 'A Kentucky Portia': Sophonisba Breckinridge, First Woman Lawyer in the Bluegrass State?
  - **A:** 'A Kentucky Portia': Sophonisba Breckinridge, First Woman Lawyer in the Bluegrass State is organized by The Filson Historical Society.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** 'A Kentucky Portia': Sophonisba Breckinridge, First Woman Lawyer in the Bluegrass State is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Online, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If 'A Kentucky Portia': Sophonisba Breckinridge, First Woman Lawyer in the Bluegrass State sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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