Kentucky Lantern: Kentuckian Augusta Y. Thomas broke barriers
EDITOR'S NOTE: March is Women's History Month
By BERRY CRAIG
The late Augusta Yvonne Thomas of Louisville embodied the civil rights, labor and women’s rights movements.
“Augusta organized thousands of women and minorities into the union movement,’’ said her longtime friend Bill Londrigan, past president of the Kentucky State AFL-CIO.
She also was one of the oldest elected union officials in the country. She served as the American Federation of Government Employees’ national vice president for women and fair practices, a post she held from 2009-2018 until retiring at age 85.