Laura Clay, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Laura Clay

American suffragist

Date of Birth: 09-Feb-1849

Place of Birth: White Hall, Kentucky, United States

Date of Death: 29-Jun-1941

Profession: politician, suffragette, suffragist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Laura Clay (February 9, 1849 – June 29, 1941), co-founder and first president of the Kentucky Equal Rights Association, was a leader of the American women's suffrage movement.
She was one of the most important suffragists in the South, favoring the states' rights approach to suffrage.
A powerful orator, she was active in the Democratic Party and had important leadership roles in local, state and national politics.
In 1920 at the Democratic National Convention, she was one of two women, alongside Cora Wilson Stewart, to be the first women to have their names placed into nomination for the presidency at the convention of a major political party.