Allie Corbin Hixson was a feminist advocate working for women's rights and the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution.
11 Facts About Allie Hixson
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Allie Hixson's portrait was hung in the Kentucky State Capitol Rotunda as part of the Kentucky Women Remembered exhibit.
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Allie Hixson Corbin was born in southern Kentucky on May 28,1924.
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Allie Hixson relocated to Louisville, Kentucky, where she married William Forrest Hixson, and they had three children together.
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Allie Hixson is credited with being the first woman to earn a Ph.
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Later in life, at age 51, Allie Hixson became an advocate for women's rights and the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution.
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Allie Hixson was a vice chair of the National Women's Conference in Houston in 1977.
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In 1992, Allie Hixson became the founding chair of the Equal Rights Amendment Summit.
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Allie Hixson was the founder of the Louisville chapter of the Older Women's League.
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Allie Hixson was a founder of the Louisville Chapter of the Older Women's League and was active in the American Association of University Women, Business and Professional Women, and Rural American Women.
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Allie Hixson advocated for the passage of the ERA until the time of her death on October 30,2007.