KENTUCKY — Every day, women are making history, stamping their mark as inventors, engineers, politicians and much more. Women’s History Month started in 1981 as a week-long celebration, and now each year during the month of March, we continue to highlight women who are driven to forge new paths to the future.

Allison Ball (R) is the 38th State Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, currently serving her second term in office.

"When I first got elected, I was the youngest woman in the country to hold a statewide elected office. So I really believe in women doing things young doing things, different seasons of their life, really creating an impact wherever they are. So I love Women's History Month. I love all the special months, where we focus on different people and what they've contributed. But Women's History Month of course, is something special to me because of who I am," explains Ball. 

Treasurer Ball is a Floyd County native and earned the most votes in both the 2015 and 2019 elections, plus, she became the first Kentucky constitutional officer to give birth while in office in 2018 and then in 2021, she made history again, by giving birth a second time while in office with the arrival of her daughter. 

"You know, I have seen a change while I've been in office. I think Kentucky has a long history of women doing significant things. We've had a female governor, not every state has. Mary Todd Lincoln was a prominent First Lady of the United States. So we've had women that have always been powerhouses. I think we have a history of that. But I have seen an improvement while I've been in office. We have more women in the General Assembly and I've seen it in the party that I'm a part of. We have a lot more Republican women who are running for office. We're seeing that all over the country, but we're definitely seeing that here in Kentucky. And I just love that. I love too that I got to be the first woman to give birth while serving in office and there have been two others to do it at a statewide level. So I think that just bodes well for the future of the Commonwealth. That means that we've gone got women here don't have to wait till later season a while to run for office or take on leadership roles. I think we recognize that different women in different seasons can contribute in different ways. So I love that," adds Ball.

You can watch the full In Focus segment above.