Lena Madesin Phillips

Lena Madesin Phillips was a lawyer and clubwoman who founded the National Business and Professional Womens Clubs in 1919 and by 1930 the International Federation of Business and Professional Women.

Anna Lena Phillips was born on September 15, 1881 in Nicholasville, Kentucky she was the daughter of Judge William Henry Phillips and Alice Phillips of Jessamine County, Kentucky. From a young age, Phillips wanted to step outside of the normal genderbased roles, and this led to her thirst to obtain knowledge. At ageshe enrolled in the Jessamine Female Institute where she studied everything offered, including music. When Phillips was at age 11, she changed her name to Madesin in order to recognize her brother who was studying medicine in Paris, France at the time. At agewhen she graduated, she received Magna Cum Laude from the Jessamine Female Institute.

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