Julia Blackburn Duke Henning
Photograph of a white woman wearing a large black hat, and a dress with an deep and wide square neckline
Julia Blackburn Duke Henning from a 1918 publication.
Born
Julia Blackburn Duke

July 23, 1875
Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
DiedJuly 7, 1961
Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Resting placeCave Hill Cemetery
Louisville, kentucky, U.S.
Occupations
  • Suffragist
  • clubwoman
ParentBasil W. Duke
RelativesJohn Hunt Morgan (uncle)

Julia Blackburn Duke Henning (July 23, 1875 – July 7, 1961) was an American suffragist and clubwoman, based in Louisville, Kentucky.

Early life and education

Julia Blackburn Duke was born in Louisville, the daughter of Basil Wilson Duke and Henrietta Morgan Duke. Her father was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.[1] Her uncle John Hunt Morgan was also a Confederate general.[2] Duke attended Bryn Mawr College from 1893 to 1895.[3]

Career

Henning was president of the Louisville Suffrage Association[4] and Congressional chair of the Kentucky Equal Rights Association.[5] She also served on the executive board of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA).[6] After suffrage was won,[7] she was the first president of the Louisville chapter of the League of Women Voters.[4][8] "I firmly believed that the courage of women throughout the United States, who are intelligently facing their responsibility to the franchise, will bring results in marked progress along many lines", she told a newspaper in 1923.[9]

In 1924 Henning testified at a Kentucky Senate hearing on charities and corrections.[10] In 1925 she was mentioned as a possible Senate candidate, and issued a statement explaining that "under no circumstances would she enter the race".[11]

Henning, was considered a stylish beauty in Louisville society, with one columnist remarking that "she is certainly of the artistic stripe and very much like the Burn-Jones style so much a la mode now."[12] She was involved in the Frontier Nursing Association, the Episcopal Church, and the Filson Club.[13] She spoke to community groups about various topics, including the World Court.[14]

Personal life and legacy

Duke married Louisville investment banker Samuel Cowen Henning in 1897.[15][16] They had four children and lived in Louisville's Cherokee Park neighborhood. Her husband died in 1913.[17] Henning died in 1961, in Louisville, a few weeks before her 86th birthday.[13] The Filson Historical Society library holds some of Henning's papers.[18] In 2020, her grave at Cave Hill Cemetery was one site in Louisville's annual "Thank a Suffragist" event.[19]

Her daughters Henrietta Hunt Henning (1898–1964)[20][21] and Julia Duke Henning (1901–1996)[22] became artists.[23] Her son Basil Duke Henning (1910–1990) was a historian and editor, and resident master at Yale University from 1946 to 1975.[24][25] Her other son, James Williamson Henning III (1907–1972), was president of an insurance company and a county commissioner in Louisville.[26]

References

  1. ↑ Matthews, Gary R. (2005-11-04). Basil Wilson Duke, CSA: The Right Man in the Right Place. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-8131-7177-7.
  2. ↑ "Gen. Basil W. Duke Dies as a Result of Operation". The Twice-A-Week Messenger. 1916-09-20. p. 4. Retrieved 2021-07-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ College, Bryn Mawr (1917). Register of Alumnae and Former Students. p. 251.
  4. 1 2 "Women Voters Form League; Mrs. Henning Named Women Voters' Head". The Courier-Journal. 1920-11-27. p. 3. Retrieved 2021-07-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Tour in Car". Lexington Herald-Leader. 1918-09-01. p. 15. Retrieved 2021-07-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Goan, Melanie Beals (2020). A simple justice : Kentucky women fight for the vote. Lexington, Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-8131-8019-9. OCLC 1194962787.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ↑ "1920 Suffrage Victory Year". The Courier-Journal. 1920-12-26. p. 25. Retrieved 2021-07-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "State League to Meet". The Lexington Herald. 1923-04-22. p. 14. Retrieved 2021-07-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "State Women Go To League Meet". The Courier-Journal. 1923-04-01. p. 25. Retrieved 2021-07-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Senate Passes Education Bill". News-Democrat. 1924-02-14. p. 1. Retrieved 2021-07-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ Marshall, Edna (1925-04-18). "Women to be Candidates for the U. S. Senate?". Lexington Herald-Leader. p. 1. Retrieved 2021-07-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Social and Personal". Lexington Herald-Leader. 1901-03-30. p. 6. Retrieved 2021-07-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. 1 2 "Mrs. Samuel Henning, Civic Leader, Dies". The Courier-Journal. 1961-06-08. p. 27. Retrieved 2021-07-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "World Court is Forum Subject". The Courier-Journal. 1926-01-24. p. 39. Retrieved 2021-07-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ↑ "Untitled social item". The Lexington Herald. 1897-06-04. p. 6. Retrieved 2021-07-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ↑ Harvard College Class of 1887 (1907). Secretary's Report. Free Press Association. p. 137.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  17. ↑ "Samuel C. Henning Dies". News-Democrat. 1913-12-26. p. 1. Retrieved 2021-07-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ↑ Morgan-Duke Family Papers, 1832-1941, Filson Historical Society.
  19. ↑ Ward-Pugh, Tina. "Thank a suffragist: On Election Day, pay a visit to women who fought for the right to vote". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  20. ↑ "Henrietta Hunt Henning". Kentucky Women Artists. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  21. ↑ "Henrietta Henning, Painter, Dies at 65". The Courier-Journal. 1964-04-07. p. 17. Retrieved 2021-07-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  22. ↑ "Julia Duke Henning". Kentucky Women Artists. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  23. ↑ Bier, Justus (1951-02-25). "Sisters Exhibit". The Courier-Journal. p. 54. Retrieved 2021-07-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  24. ↑ "Basil D. Henning, 79, Resident Master at Yale". The New York Times. 1990-01-17. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  25. ↑ Basil Duke Henning papers, Yale University.
  26. ↑ "James W. Henning III Dies; Former County Commissioner". The Courier-Journal. 1972-04-13. p. 65. Retrieved 2021-07-05 – via Newspapers.com.
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