Kidd, Mae Street
(born: February 8, 1904 - died: October 20, 1999)Born in Millersburg, KY, Mae Street Kidd served the 41st district (Louisville) in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1968-1984. She sponsored a resolution to ratify the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the U. S. Constitution; legislation for low-income housing in Kentucky; legislation to make Martin L. King's birthday a state holiday; and much other legislation. Kidd was a graduate of Lincoln Institute. In 1954, she was an editor with the newly developed US Magazine.
The Mae Street Kidd Collection is housed at Kentucky State University. For more see Passing for Black, by W. Hall and M. S. Kidd; Who's Who Among African Americans, 13th ed.; Who's Who in American Politics, 1975-1998; and the Mae Street Kidd Wikipedia pagae. The Mae Street Kidd oral history recordings and transcripts are available online at the University of Louisville Libraries Digital Archives.
