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Dr Allie Corbin Hixson

Birth	:	28 May 1924 Adair County, Kentucky, USA
Death	:	30 Oct 2007 Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
Burial	:	Corbin Plot Cemetery, Absher, Adair County, USA
Coordinate	:	37.1408920, -85.2592440
Description	:	HIXSON, DR. ALLIE CORBIN, was born May 28, 1924 and died Tuesday, October 30, 2007. Allie was born into a farming family in southern Kentucky but at 18 made her way to Louisville where she met the love of her life, William Forrest "Bill" Hixson. They recently celebrated 62 years of marriage. In addition to mothering, homemaking and teaching in the Louisville public schools, Allie continued to pursue her education, earning a Ph.D. Allie and Bill retired early to their farm, and Allie became a feminist activist traveling the world as she worked to improve the lives of women everywhere.... Read More	HIXSON, DR. ALLIE CORBIN, was born May 28, 1924 and died Tuesday, October 30, 2007. Allie was born into a farming family in southern Kentucky but at 18 made her way to Louisville where she met the love of her life, William Forrest "Bill" Hixson. They recently celebrated 62 years of marriage. In addition to mothering, homemaking and teaching in the Louisville public schools, Allie continued to pursue her education, earning a Ph.D. Allie and Bill retired early to their farm, and Allie became a feminist activist traveling the world as she worked to improve the lives of women everywhere. Her most cherished endeavor was the continuing battle for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to ensure full constitutional recognition and protection from second class citizenship for all women. A natural orator, Allie held many offices, won many awards and recognitions and her picture hangs in the Rotunda of the Kentucky Capitol as a Notable Kentucky Woman. Allie and Bill recently relocated to live with their daughter Emma Hixson and her partner, Catalina Salas, in Minneapolis. Allie was predeceased by brothers, Elvin and Trip Corbin; and sisters, May Corbin and Christine Morgan. In addition to Bill, Emma and Catalina, Allie is survived by sons, Clarence and Walter; daughter-in-law, Kandy; grandchildren, Maiza, Jon and Chloe Hixson and Ashley and Keith Ahlborn; sisters, Minnie Rubarts, Cylina Zink (Buford); brother, Alfred B. Corbin and sisters-in-law, Mary Lou Clotfelter (Beryl) and Judi Corbin. Allie was a remarkably spirited and loving woman who will be grieved and remembered by her family and friends. A memorial service will be held in Louisville at a later date. To plant trees in memory, please visit our Sympathy Store. Published by Courier-Journal on Nov. 4, 2007. Daughter of Alfred Blake Corbin Sr and Emma Triplett. Married to William Forrest Hixson in Adair County in 1945. William was the son of Clarence Hurvey Hixson and Mary Ellen Blake. He died in Minneapolis on Aug 26, 2010. He was born in Shawnee, OK and was cremated and was divorced from a Carolyn in Wayne County, Michigan on Jun 4, 1943. William was a mechanical engineer and economic expert. He and Allie were married for 62 years. He was co-owner of Treated Wood Products in Louisville at one time. He spoke at myriad conferences and published several books and articles, including: Triumph of the Bankers: Money and Banking in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries in 1993. Mr. Hixson was a native of Oklahoma and a U.S. Army veteran, having served in the European theater during World War II. He and Allie were lifelong members of the First Unitarian Church in Louisville. Allie is listed on Wikipedia as a feminist advocate working for women's rights and the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution. She is credited with being the first woman to earn a PhD in English from the University of Louisville in 1961. Her portrait was hung in the Kentucky State Capitol Rotunda as part of the Kentucky Women Remembered exhibit. Wikepedia page is at this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allie_Hixson There is an oral interview with her you can order at https://history.ky.gov/pdf/Library/LEGM013-Allie%20Hixson.pdf Children: Walter Lawrence Hixson born Oct 18, 1955 Clarence H Hixson born Feb 20, 1952 Mary Emma Hixson Salas born 1950. From Adair County to the National Stage, Allie Hixson Led the Fight for Equal Rights Dr. Allie Corbin Hixson, born into a southern Kentucky farming family, was a wife, mother and educator who at the age of 51 became a fierce women’s rights advocate on the state and national scale. A defining moment in Hixson’s life came in 1961 when she became the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in English from the University of Louisville, but was refused a teaching position with the stated rationale that salaried positions were reserved for men and Hixson “already had a job as mother and wife.” This occurred three years before the national Civil Rights Act of 1964, forbidding the discrimination on the basis of sex or race. One of Kentucky’s most prominent women’s rights advocates, Hixson was the coorganizer of the Kentucky Pro-ERA Alliance and the Kentucky Women’s Agenda Coalition (1977), an alliance in response to the 1972 Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) congressional passage and campaign for state ratification. She was chosen as a speaker for the National ERA Rally in Washington D.C. and in 1992 became the founding chair of the Equal Rights Amendment Summit. Hixson continued the battle for ratification of the ERA until her death in 2007. Oral history interviews with Allie Hixson and other women’s rights advocates can be found at http://passtheword.ky.gov. (Photo courtesy of the University of Louisville) Pass the Word” is a discovery tool for oral histories throughout the state of Kentucky. To learn more about this topic visit http://passtheword.ky.gov.

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Dr Allie Corbin Hixson's memorial is located at: Corbin Plot Cemetery, Absher, Adair County, USA.
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Dr Allie Corbin Hixson death on 30 Oct 2007 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
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Latitude: 37.1408920
Longitude: -85.2592440

Family Members:

Parent

Alfred Blake Corbin Sr.

(1887 - 1973)

Emma Triplett Corbin

(1898 - 1991)

Spouse

Siblings

Elvin Corbin

(1916 - 1990)

Minnie Corbin Rubarts

(1918 - 2009)

Julia May Corbin

(1921 - 1921)

Christine Corbin Morgan

(1922 - 2007)

Alfred Blake Corbin Jr.

(1930 - 2015)

Dr Allen Triplett “Trip” Corbin

(1933 - 2004)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Corbin Plot Cemetery
Absher, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.1408920, -85.2592440

2. Morris-Grant Cemetery
Absher, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.1408920, -85.2592440

3. Curry Cemetery
Columbia, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.1518730, -85.2466450

4. Brawner Smith Cemetery
Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.1393560, -85.2802830

5. Thomas- Cooley Cemetery
Absher, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.1584710, -85.2577380

6. Beulah Chapel Cemetery
Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.1255090, -85.2377620

7. Mount Pleasant Church Cemetery
Columbia, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.1505450, -85.2862890

8. Redmon Cemetery
Garlin, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.1231500, -85.2360330

9. Cundiff Cemetery
Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.1506330, -85.2902740

10. James B Dooley Cemetery
Christine, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.1380820, -85.2257970

11. Butler Cemetery
Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.1391690, -85.2939360

12. Brockman Cemetery
Absher, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.1683950, -85.2528420

13. Banks Cemetery
Absher, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.1667670, -85.2457740

14. Breeden Cemetery
Absher, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.1694520, -85.2439120

15. Callison Murrell Cemetery
Holmes, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.1644040, -85.2853850

16. Absher Cemetery
Christine, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.1727982, -85.2416992

17. Cox Cemetery
Columbia, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.1399994, -85.3032990

18. Bearwallow Cemetery
Christine, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.1440010, -85.2147980

19. Mitchell Cemetery
Columbia, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.1093290, -85.2812510

20. Haven Hill Cemetery
Columbia, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.1082993, -85.2817001

21. Bryant Cemetery
Garlin, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.1130680, -85.2195390

22. Hood Cemetery
Columbia, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.1336365, -85.3189240

23. Dunbar Cemetery
Columbia, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.0921250, -85.2619360

24. Robert Page Family Cemetery
Cane Valley, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.1807900, -85.2979960