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A poet and lawyer from Jefferson County's Shenandoah Valley, Daniel B. Lucas led the fight against coeducation which he considered to be a "Yankee" notion. As Democratic Floor Leader of the State House and member of the Board of Regents, he contributed heavily to the defeat of legislative attempts to sanction coeducation in the early 1880s.

1. Portrait of Daniel B. Lucas, Jefferson County, W. Va.

IDNO:
037208
Title:
Portrait of Daniel B. Lucas, Jefferson County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1880
Description:
A poet and lawyer from Jefferson County's Shenandoah Valley, Daniel B. Lucas led the fight against coeducation which he considered to be a "Yankee" notion. As Democratic Floor Leader of the State House and member of the Board of Regents, he contributed heavily to the defeat of legislative attempts to sanction coeducation in the early 1880s.