Eugenia Dunlap Potts

Born in Lancaster, Kentucky, Eugenia Dunlap Potts was an American writer who lived from April 14, 1840, to February 29, 1912. She is remembered for writing poetry and historical works, and for editing and owning the Illustrated Kentuckian, which gave her an unusual public role for a woman writer of her time.

Her writing was closely tied to Kentucky history and identity. Potts published books including Historic Papers on the Causes of the Civil War, Idle Hour Stories, and The Song of Lancaster, Kentucky, showing a range that stretched from historical interpretation to more literary and local subjects.

She remained strongly associated with Lancaster throughout her life, and Kentucky later recognized her contributions as an author with a plaque near the site of her former home. Today she is mainly remembered as a regional literary figure whose work preserved stories, viewpoints, and historical memory from her corner of the American South.