The Nugent Sisters: Georgia Anne Nugent and Alice Emma Nugent


Georgia Anne Nugent (1864-1940) was the co-founder of the Woman’s Improvement Club (renamed the Georgia A. Nugent Improvement Club) and the first president of the Kentucky Association of Colored Women’s Clubs. She served as an officer in the National Association of Colored Women. She was a teacher for the Louisville Colored Schools. Her sister Alice Emma Nugent (1890-1971) was a teacher for the Louisville Colored Schools. She was active in many of the same organizations as her sister Georgia but in less visible roles.


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