Ginny Whitehouse, Ph.D., is director of the EKU School of Communication and a professor of multimedia journalism. She leads a team of Eastern faculty in expanding the story of the enslaved people who lived and worked for the Clay family at White Hall. She also is a Deaconess Candidate for the United Methodist Church.
While researching for the White Hall project, Whitehouse discovered that Madison County’s own Belle H. Bennett laid the foundation for the Deaconess movement in what was then the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Bennett was president of its women’s mission board and part of the national campaigns for women’s suffrage and African American civil rights. She advocated for women’s education, becoming instrumental in opening colleges from Rio de Janeiro to Shanghai to London, Ky. That’s only part of her story. She sought racial justice in her own hometown and there faced some of her greatest challenges.
We look forward to seeing you at our first presentation of 2025!
WHAT: Dr. Ginny Whitehouse presenting “Belle Bennett”
WHEN: Thursday, February 27th, 2025
WHERE: Madison County Public Library, Richmond Branch
