Dr. Lena Madesin Phillips, born here on Sept. 15, 1881, founded the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs in 1919. Her work with the YWCA in 1917 led to her interest in organizing business women. She was instrumental in organizing the International Federation of B. and P. W. and became its first president in 1930. She died in 1955 and was buried in Maple Grove Cem., Nicholasville.