Emma Guy Cromwell

ID: 2316

In 1924, Emma Guy Cromwell was selected as the state's first woman secretary of state. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

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Emma Guy Cromwell

By Deana Thomas

Historical Marker #2167 in Frankfort recognizes the nuanced political career of Emma Guy Cromwell, Kentucky’s first female secretary of state. Cromwell was born in 1869 in Simpson County;…