Each year the Carnegie Center celebrates excellence in writing, character, and contributions to Kentucky by selecting published writers to the Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame.
Kentucky People
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Mary T.Meagher set her first world record swimming the 200-meter butterfly at 14 years old.
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In a mutual aid fundraising call, Change Today, Change Tomorrow (CTCT) hopes to raise $10,000 for a local Louisville hero Angela Masden.
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Born in 1802 in Lexington, Gideon Shryock began studying under a master architect when he was just barely in his twenties.
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In November 1983, Martha Layne Collins was voted in as Kentucky’s first woman governor, and the nation’s only woman governor at the time.
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The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) “Virtual Visitor” has come to our rescue in this time of quarantine, offering free field trips, videos, educational materials and more provided by colleges and museums across the Commonwealth.
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Award-winning Kentucky-based journalist Pat Forde has a new home at Sports Illustrated.
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Girls (and apparently, this guy) just wanna have 1980s fun.
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Hailing from the Appalachian Mountains of Eastern Kentucky, singer-songwriter Tyler Childers is now peaking at the top of the Billboard charts.
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My grandfather, Don Smith, has always been a world traveler. A retired Navy captain, he was stationed from Connecticut to Hawaii. He also traveled while working for Ford Motor Company.
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