Mae Kidd from Bourbon County, Kentucky as assistant director for the American Red Cross in Europe during World War II. IN 1968 she was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives. There she was best known for sponsoring two bills, which provided open housing and low-income housing in our state. Among her many accolades were the NAACP Unsung Heroine, King/Kennedy, and the Top Ten Outstanding Kentuckians Awards. 

 Source:

Gordon, Jimmy and McDaniel, Karen. Kentucky State University and South Central Bell Kentucky African-American Historical Profiles In Courage and Achievement. Frankfort: University Graphics, 1995.

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