14 Facts About Katherine Peden

Katherine Graham Peden was the first woman appointed as the Commissioner of Commerce in Kentucky.

Katherine Peden was appointed to advisory positions by United States Presidents John F Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson.

Katherine Peden was the first woman in Kentucky to win a statewide Senate primary.

Katherine Peden credited Peden for their decision to build a major plant near Wickliffe, Kentucky, on the Mississippi River in far western Kentucky.

Katherine Graham Peden was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky in 1926.

Katherine Peden's father, William Edward Peden, was a construction supervisor; and, her mother, Mary Gorin Peden, was a school teacher.

Katherine Peden was a member of the First Christian Church of Hopkinsville.

Katherine Peden became general manager of the station and owner of WNVL in Nicholasville, Kentucky.

Katherine Peden worked as the national sales manager for five CBS television stations.

Katherine Peden was the only woman on the Kerner Commission that investigated the race riots in the United States in the mid-1960s.

Katherine Peden lost the general election to Republican Marlow Cook of Louisville by a 51.4 to 47.6 percent margin.

In 1968 Katherine Peden started her own company, Katherine Peden and Associates, which specialized in industrial and community development and brokerage.

Katherine Peden died in Lexington, Kentucky on January 8,2006, after a long illness.

Katherine Peden is buried at Riverside Cemetery near her parents' graves in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.