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Age 16/17. Sallie Lowther Norris attended Glenville State Normal School before entering WVU. in 1889. Like her classmate and lifelong friend Harriet Lyon, she excelled in her studies, winning a freshman math prize. Norris spoke out frequently and eloquently on behalf of the right of women to a West Virginia University education and was a charter member of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae (now the AAUW) chapter in Fairmont. She raised four children of whom attended WVU, and provided essential assistance to her husband Judge Emmet Showalter, after illness left him partially disabled.

1. Portrait of Sallie Norris

IDNO:
037174
Title:
Portrait of Sallie Norris
Date:
ca. 1889-90
Description:
Age 16/17. Sallie Lowther Norris attended Glenville State Normal School before entering WVU. in 1889. Like her classmate and lifelong friend Harriet Lyon, she excelled in her studies, winning a freshman math prize. Norris spoke out frequently and eloquently on behalf of the right of women to a West Virginia University education and was a charter member of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae (now the AAUW) chapter in Fairmont. She raised four children of whom attended WVU, and provided essential assistance to her husband Judge Emmet Showalter, after illness left him partially disabled.
Sallie Lowther Norris attended Glenville State Normal School before entering WVU. in 1889. Like her classmate and lifelong friend Harriet Lyon, she excelled in her studies, winning a freshman math prize. Norris spoke out frequently and eloquently on behalf of the right of women to a WVU education and was a charter member of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae (now the AAUW) chapter in Fairmont. She raised four children of of whom attended WVU, and provided essential assistance to her husband Judge Emmet Showalter, after illness left him partially disabled.

2. Portrait of Sallie Norris

IDNO:
037175
Title:
Portrait of Sallie Norris
Date:
ca. 1894
Description:
Sallie Lowther Norris attended Glenville State Normal School before entering WVU. in 1889. Like her classmate and lifelong friend Harriet Lyon, she excelled in her studies, winning a freshman math prize. Norris spoke out frequently and eloquently on behalf of the right of women to a WVU education and was a charter member of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae (now the AAUW) chapter in Fairmont. She raised four children of of whom attended WVU, and provided essential assistance to her husband Judge Emmet Showalter, after illness left him partially disabled.
Sallie Lowther Norris attended Glenville State Normal School before entering WVU. in 1889. Like her classmate and lifelong friend Harriet Lyon, she excelled in her studies, winning a freshman math prize. Norris spoke out frequently and eloquently on behalf of the right of women to a WVU education and was a charter member of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae (now the AAUW) chapter in Fairmont. She raised four children of of whom attended WVU, and provided essential assistance to her husband Judge Emmet Showalter, after illness left him partially disabled.

3. Portrait of Sallie Norris

IDNO:
037176
Title:
Portrait of Sallie Norris
Description:
Sallie Lowther Norris attended Glenville State Normal School before entering WVU. in 1889. Like her classmate and lifelong friend Harriet Lyon, she excelled in her studies, winning a freshman math prize. Norris spoke out frequently and eloquently on behalf of the right of women to a WVU education and was a charter member of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae (now the AAUW) chapter in Fairmont. She raised four children of of whom attended WVU, and provided essential assistance to her husband Judge Emmet Showalter, after illness left him partially disabled.
From Sallie Norris' copy of original playbill. Most likely a photograph of members of the M[odern]. A[thens]. S[ocial]. O[rganization]. Sallie Norris sits at the bottom right; Harriet Lyon stands to the left rear. Community-based social organizations furnished entertainment in an era when fraternities and sororities were banned and there were no athletic teams.

4. Modern Athens Social Organization, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
037179
Title:
Modern Athens Social Organization, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1891/4/15
Description:
From Sallie Norris' copy of original playbill. Most likely a photograph of members of the M[odern]. A[thens]. S[ocial]. O[rganization]. Sallie Norris sits at the bottom right; Harriet Lyon stands to the left rear. Community-based social organizations furnished entertainment in an era when fraternities and sororities were banned and there were no athletic teams.