The exhibit includes famous Kentucky musicians Loretta Lynn and Rosemary Clooney as well as civic leaders Mae Street Kidd and Georgia Davis Powers.
[1] Governor Edward T. Breathitt established a commission on the status of Kentucky women in April 1964.
[2] Other portrait artists that have created works for the exhibit include Alison Davis Lyne[3] and Mary Lou Hall.
Candidates are required to be role models, to have strengthened Kentucky or the United States through their work, and to have shown leadership in elevating the status of women.
New portraits are typically unveiled at a ceremony that takes place during Women's History Month in March.