Carolyn Conn Moore

Carolyn Conn Moore
Carolyn Conn Moore
Member of the Kentucky Senate; from the 5th district
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; November 1949
Preceded by	J. Lee Moore
Personal details
Born	Carolyn Conn; January 7, 1904; Adairville, Kentucky, U.S.
Died	January 14, 1985 (aged 81)
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	J. Lee Moore

Carolyn Conn Moore (January 7, 1904 – January 14, 1986) was an American politician from Franklin, Kentucky who became the first woman to serve in the Kentucky Senate when in November 1949 she won a special election to replace her husband, J. Lee Moore, in the legislature after his death.[1]

Family and Career

Moore was married to J. Lee Moore who was an attorney and legislator.[1]

Moore was active in the Franklin County PTA and served as vice president of the Kentucky Congress of Parents and Teachers.[2]

Kentucky Senate

After the death of her husband in 1949, Carolyn ran unopposed in a special election to fill her husband's seat in the 5th District seat representing Simpson County, Kentucky.[2]

On March 25, 1950 the Kentucky General Assembly passed a motion that placed a plaque "on the desk occupied by Mrs. J. Lee Moore, the first woman member in the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky." [3]

After she completed the term, she took a job with the Democratic National Headquarters. She traveled the country speaking to women about political issues.[1]

Later life and legacy

Later Moore worked as a recruiter for Belmont College in Tennessee. Moore moved to Tuscaloosa and worked as a housemother at Alpha Delta Gamma sorority. She continued working in politics through the League of Women Voters.[1]

References

Oswald, Sharon (5 January 1977). "From senate to housemother, Mrs. Moore is mother of 110". The Tuscaloosa News. Tuscaloosa: The Tuscaloosa News. p. 8. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
"A RESOLUTION paying tribute and honor to Carolyn Conn Moore".
"Legislative Moments; Carolyn Conn Moore". Digatal Collection. Kentucky: Kentucky Historical Society. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2010.

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[From_senate_to_housemother-1] Oswald, Sharon (5 January 1977). "From senate to housemother, Mrs. Moore is mother of 110". The Tuscaloosa News. Tuscaloosa: The Tuscaloosa News. p. 8. Retrieved 15 March 2010.

[resolution-2] "A RESOLUTION paying tribute and honor to Carolyn Conn Moore".

[Legislative_Moments;_Carolyn_Conn_Moore-3] "Legislative Moments; Carolyn Conn Moore". Digatal Collection. Kentucky: Kentucky Historical Society. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2010.