page_title: Kentucky Federation of Women's Clubs
section_title: About
hierarchical_section_title: Kentucky Federation of Women's Clubs / About
caption_attribution_description: English: Cornelia O. Hansford, past president of the Kentucky Federation of Women's Clubs.
context_page_description: The Kentucky Federation of Women's Clubs is a community and civic umbrella organization for women in Kentucky. It was founded in 1894 and is affiliated with the General Federation of Women's Clubs. The KFWC helped bring about various reforms in Kentucky and expanded educational opportunities to citizens.
context_section_description: The Kentucky Federation of Women's Clubs (KFWC) was  created in July 1894, when several women met in Lexington to form the group. It was the fourth state federation of women's clubs to become affiliated with the General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC). The club has held annual meetings since the first one in 1985 at Richmond. By 1898, the KFWC had thirty clubs it represented throughout the state. In 1909, there were 85 different organizations in the KFWC. By 1921, there were 150 clubs and around 16,000 individual clubwomen. These women were white and were generally upper-class to middle class.
  KFWC has been headquartered in Louisville since 1954. Prior to the creation of the club building, important papers for the KFWC had traveled with the president of the organization.
  The group has recently changed its name to the General Federation of Women's Clubs Kentucky. The organization's current departments are education, art, conservation, home life, international affairs and public affairs.
caption: Cornelia O. Hansford, past president of the Kentucky Federation of Women's Clubs.
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