Hopkinsville, KY (March 8, 2010) – The Hopkinsville Human Relations Commission and Hopkinsville Community College Minority Student Union are proud to announce the First Annual Women’s History Program themed “Writing Women Back into History”.  The program will be held on March 19 at the Hopkinsville Community College Auditorium at 6:00 p.m. Refreshments will be served at 5:30 p.m.  The event is free and the public is encouraged to attend. 

The program features a keynote address by Colonel Sharon Lynn Brown, Deputy Commander for Nursing, and a Principle Advisor to the Commander at Blanchfield Army Community Hospital in Fort Campbell, Kentucky.  Also participating will be students of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Indian Hills Elementary Schools, Girl Scout Troup #1883, and Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist Church’s Women of Faith.

As a part of our celebration, the Commission will present a deserving woman of our community with the inaugural Fannie Bronston Postell Woman of the Year Award.  Many women here in Christian County have worked in our neighborhoods, served as role models, and have helped to make history right here in our community.  This award aims to highlight those accomplishments. 

Woman of the Year nomination applications can be downloaded from the Human Relations Commission’s website at www.hopkinsvilleky.us/hrc or picked up from the office located on the second floor of the Lackey Municipal Building located at 101 North Main Street in Hopkinsville.  Nominations, along with supporting information, must be received by 4:00 p.m. on Monday, March 15, 2010, by email to Lisad.lewis@ky.gov, by fax to (270) 885-0018, or by mail to Hopkinsville Human Relations Commission at 101 North Main Street, Hopkinsville, KY 42240.

The award is named for Fannie M. Bronston Postell.  Educated at Berea College, Postell served as an elementary and high school principal and also taught Latin and French.  She is credited with establishing Crispus Attucks High School, the segregated school that served the "colored" community in Hopkinsville for many years.  An accomplished educator, Mrs. Postell taught Ted Poston who went on to become the first African American reporter at the New York Post.

If you have questions or need additional Information, please contact the Hopkinsville Human Relations Commission at 270-887-4010 or email Women’s History Month Program Chair Rev. Lisa Lewis-Balboa at Lisad.lewis@ky.gov.