The month of March is National Women's History Month.

In 1987, the United States Congress designated the month to honor women’s contributions in American history.

Kentucky State Treasurer Allison Ball is this first guest featured on In Focus Kentucky Women’s History month series, highlighting various elected and non-elected leaders who are making contributions in the Bluegrass state.

Ball was elected in 2015 as Kentucky’s 38th state Treasurer and the nation’s youngest female statewide elected official.

And in the summer of 2018, Treasurer Ball was the first constitutional officer in the Commonwealth to give birth while in office