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Holt was the first woman to serve as Secretary of State in West Virginia. She was also an active volunteer for the Red Cross. She is most well known for her work in improving the housing and healthcare for the elderly of America.

1. Helen Holt Volunteering for Red Cross at Senate Office Building

Pictured with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Lynn. Holt was the first woman Secretary of State in West Virginia in 1955-1956. She continued active political participation long after her term and is most well known for her work in improving the housing and health care for the elderly.

2. Helen Holt Swearing Into Office of Elderly, Washington, D.C.

Helen Holt (middle) is pictured with the First Ladies of the 40th and 41st Presidents of the United States. Helen Holt was the first woman secretary of West Virginia and also had a great influence on the improvement of housing and healthcare for the elderly in later political activity.

3. Helen Holt, Nancy Reagan, and Barbara Bush

Helen Holt was the first woman to serve as Secretary of State in West Virginia (1955-1956). She is also well known for her later political efforts in vastly improving housing and long term health care for the elderly.

4. Helen Holt Outside West Virginia State Capital; Charleston, W. Va.

A duty of Secretary of State. Helen Holt served as the first woman Secretary of State from 1955-1956. She is also well known for her later career work with HUD in greatly improving the housing conditions and long term health care of the elderly.

5. Helen Holt Applying State Seal of West Virginia

Helen Holt was the first woman to serve as Secretary of State in West Virginia from 1955-1956. She later went on to greatly improve the housing conditions and long term health care of the elderly of America through her political activity. She is well known for being behind the construction of 1,000 modern long term health care facilities.

6. Helen Holt in Parade at Apple Festival in West Virginia

Helen Holt was the first woman to serve as Secretary of State for West Virginia. She is also famous for her efforts to improve the housing conditions and long term health care of the American elderly population.

7. Helen Holt Shaking Hands with President Dwight Eisenhower

The young man with Senator Holt is not identified.

8. Senator Rush D. Holt and Friend

U. S. Senator Holt from West Virginia, poses with a dog.

9. United States Senator Rush D. Holt and Dog

Surrounded by an audience, including local media such as WCHS Radio, with a large photograph of President Franklin Roosevelt hanging over his head, Rush Holt drives home his message.

10. Rush Holt Delivers Speech, Charleston, W. Va.

A car sits by  the Malden Fire Department with a sign that reads "Vote Rush Holt IN, State House Gang OUT". The photograph was most likely taken during one of Rush Holt's campaign's for state office.

11. Car With Rush Holt Campaign Sign, Malden, W. Va.

Helen Holt swearing in to new job at FHA.  Dr. Frederick Brown Harris is pictured as well, along with a Methodist Church Chaplin.

12. Helen Holt Accepting Position with Federal Housing Administration

Senator John Warner is the man second from right and Helen Holt is the woman on the right.

13. U.S. Senator John Warner from Va. with Helen Holt

Helen Holt is in the back row, third from the left.

14. Helen Holt at Stephens College 50th Reunion

People in title listed from left to right. Inscribed on back of photograph is "Mrs. Helen Holt Assistant Commissioner at Institution State Capital."

15. Helen Holt, Stephens College President Smith, and Mrs. Kane at State Capital, Charleston, W. Va.

16. W. Va. Senator Jennings Randolph with Helen Holt in White House Rose Garden

Helen Holt is the woman sitting down in the middle.

17. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Johnson with Helen Holt

18. Elizabeth Dole and Helen Holt in O.E.D. Executive Office Building

A duty of the Secretary of State (Helen Holt).

19. Helen Holt Swearing in a State Official While Governor Underwood Looks On

20. Rush D. Holt Sitting on Porch With Dog

Birthplace of Rush D. Holt.

21. Rear View of Home of Dr. Matthew Samuel Holt and Chilela Holt, 252 Main Ave. Weston, W. Va.

Father: Matthew Holt, Mother: Chilela Holt, Jane (front center), Andrew (back left), Rush, Matthew, Charles, Margaret (front right)

22. Rush Holt and Family in Backyard

23. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt Playing Solitaire

24. W. Va. Senator Rush D. Holt With Dog on Lap at Typewriter

25. Secretary of State Helen Holt and Governor Underwood

26. Senator Rush D. Holt Reading a Government Document While Dog Yawns in His Arms

27. Rush D. Holt Action Shot Playing Ping Pong

28. Rush D. Holt Using His Backhand Shot in Game of Ping Pong

29. Rush D. Holt Plays With Several Dogs on Lawn

30. Rush D. Holt Singing Along With Banjoist and Fiddler

31. Rush D. Holt Plays With Several Dogs on Lawn

32. Helen Holt Shaking Hands with First Lady Nancy Reagan in White House

33. Election Official Outside Cussing Observer, Kanawha Co., W. Va.

34. Election Official Signaling Vote Buyer, Kanawha Co., W. Va.

35. Group of Men Attempting to Buy Votes, Kanawha Co., W. Va.

Building located at 514 Lee Street Charleston, across from the Fruth grade school.

36. Man Drinks Outside of Military Portrait Co. Building, Designated Polling Place, Kanawha Co., W. Va.

Building located at 514 Lee Street Charleston, across from the Fruth grade school.

37. Group of Men Hanging Around Military Portrait Co. Building, Designated Polling Place, Trying to Influence Voters, Kanawha Co., W. Va.

Building located at 514 Lee Street Charleston, across from the Fruth grade school.

38. Election Official Looking Out Window of Military Portrait Co. Building, Designated Polling Place, Kanawha Co., W. Va.

Dummy hangs from a tree with signs reading "Russian D. Holt" and "Traitor".

39. Holt vs. Neely, U.S. Senate Campaign in W. Va.

Senator Rush Holt from Weston, West Virginia, at work seated at his desk.

40. United States Senator Rush Holt at Work, Washington, D. C.

Senator Holt holds up a post that reads "Youth and Democracy Rally"  and advertises Holt as the guest speaker.

41. United States Senator Holt Holds Poster, Washington, D. C.

United States Senator Rush D. Holt from Weston, West Virginia, pauses while working at his desk.

42. Senator Rush D. Holt Working in Office, Washington, D. C.

Portrait of United States Senator Rush D. Holt. Inscribed on the photograph,' Young people should not be afraid to put their ideas against those of their elders. They should not accept things simply because those things are old and conventional. This is a time for questioning and experimentation. It is through this kind of conflict that every worth while advance has come. Young people must not follow the old standards and leaders blindly through.'

43. U. S. Senator Rush D. Holt from Weston, W. Va.

Helen Holt was the first woman Secretary of State of West Virginia (1957-1958. She is also known for her work in greatly improving the housing and long term health care for the elderly.

44. Helen Holt and First Lady Hilary Clinton

Helen Holt was the first woman to serve as Secretary of State of West Virginia (1957-1958). She also led the most important program in housing and long term healthcare for the elderly of America in her late political work with the FHA and HUD.

45. Helen Holt with First Lady Barbara Bush

46. Truck Travels Down Buzzard Road, Leon, W. Va.

47. Truck in Distance Travels Down Snow and Ice Covered Buzzard Road, Leon, W. Va.

Inscribed on the back of the photo: ' Mrs. Rush D. Holt, DACOWITS member from Charleston, West Virginia and Captain Winifred R. Quick, Assistant Chief of Naval Personnel (Women) (Waves) are pictured in the Department of Defense while attending the April 6-7, 1959 meeting of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Service.'

48. Helen Holt and Captain Winifred R. Quick, Washington, D. C.

Helen Holt at her commencement at Fairmont College

49. Helen Holt, Fairmont College Commencement, W. Va.

Caption on back of photograph reads: "Picture taken at Weston as Mrs. Davis signs oath of office as only woman member of State Advisory Board Department of Public Assistance. After Mrs. Rush Holt, Secretary of State, administered the oath."

50. Helen Holt Stands Beside Mrs. Davis While She Signs Oath of Office, Weston, W. Va.

51. Helen Holt Speaks at Lions Club

Pictured are:Clyde Cronin-SecretaryJ. Bert-Hospital ChairNicholson-PresidentMrs. Holt-GuestJ. E. White-TreasurerE.V. StudwellP. Chairman

52. Helen Holt with Hosts at Vienna Lincoln Day Dinner, W. Va.

Clerk C.A. Blankenship administers the oath to Helen Holt who succeeded her late husband Rush D. Holt  as Lewis County's representative. Rush Holt died before he could take office. Their daughter, Helen Jane, Mrs. Holt's father, W.E. Froelich, and House Minority Leader Underwood look on.

53. Helen Holt Being Sworn In as Member of West Virginia House of Delegates

Pequonia Lion's ClubRev. Frame

54. Helen Holt Speaking at Pequonia Lions Club

Holt delivers a speech from the back of a train during his 1952 campaign for West Virginia Governor. The name of the train was the 'Eisenhower Special', after General Dwight D. Eisenhower who was running for president. Stamped on the back of the photo, ' Photographic Department Weirton Steel Co., Weirton, West Va.'.

55. Senator Rush Holt Gives a Speech During Campaign Stop

Rush Holt stands with other candidates during a campaign rally.

56. Rush Holt With Other Candidates in W. Va.

Man kneels beside van plastered in Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon posters.

57. Presidential Campaigning in W. Va.

Rush Holt and his wife, Helen Holt, smile as they pet an elephant.

58. Rush and Helen Holt at West Virginia Republican State Convention

A man stands on a sign up a pole with a fire siren in his hand.

59. Celebrating Victory Over Japan During World War II, San Francisco, Ca.

People posing on pillar, celebrating the surrender of Japan during World War II.

60. Celebrating V-J Day, San Francisco, Ca.

Center: US Army General Jonathan M. Wainwright, Commander of Allied Forces in the Philippines at the time of their surrender to Japan in 1942.  Wainwright was a POW, held by the Japanese until his liberation in August 1945.

61. United States Army General Jonathan M. Wainwright, San Francisco, Ca.

Two boys sit on under a post while celebrating Japan's surrender to the Allied Forces during World War II.

62. Victory Over Japan Day Celebration San Francisco, Ca.

Civilians and Sailors perched the top of a trolley in San Francisco enjoying the celebration of Japan's surrender during World War II.

63. People on Trolley During V-J Day Celebration, San Francisco, Ca.

United States Senator Rush D. Holt from West Virginia poses with three unidentified men, one in a U.S. Navy uniform.

64. Senator Rush D. Holt and Friends

65. Senator Rush D. Holt Giving Speech

Back of photograph reads: "Olivia de Havilland, film star here for the Washington premiere of "Gone With The Wind", pays a visit to the capitol. Where she was met by four bachelor Senators. Left to right are: Sen. Joe Guffey, Sen. Theodore Green, Sen. Richard Russell, and Rush D. Holt.

66. Star and Solons, Washington, D.C.

Inscribed on the back of the photo, 'Senator Rush D. Holt buys a peace bond from Frederick J. Libby, Executive Secretary of the National Council for Prevention of War, which launched a million dollar issue of peace bonds to build a more adequate American peace movement.'

67. Senator Rush D. Holt Buys Peace Bond, Washington D. C.

Senator Rush D. Holt (center), of West Virginia, speaking at a dinner of The Bronx Real Estate Board, at the Hotel Commodore, March 18, at which time he told of the need for curtailing unnecessary Government spending. Henry G. Altemade, President of the Bronx Real Estate Board, is shown left; James J. Lyons, Bronx Borough President, is shown right.

68. Senator Rush D. Holt Addresses New York Real Estate Dinner, New York, N.Y.

69. Special Convention W. Va. State Federation of Labor, Charleston, W. Va.

Holt was a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from 1931-1954 and a senator from 1935-1941 on the Democratic ticket. By 1936, Holt emerged as a vocal conservative critic of the New Deal, attacking, for example, the Works Progress Administration as corrupt and inefficient. He switched to the Republican party in 1949.

70. Senator Rush D. Holt Speaking to Crowd, Shinnston, W. Va.

People pictured from left to right.

71. Senator Rush D. Holt, His Father Dr. Matthew Samuel Holt, and John D. Bermalt of Ashtabula, OH.

People pictured from left to right.

72. Senator Rush D. Holt, His Father Dr. Matthew Samuel Holt, and John D. Bermalt of Ashtabula, OH.

Caption on photograph reads: "It would seem that the senator from West Virginia is stepping from the Roney plaza swimming pool fully attired. Really Senator Rush Dew Holt, the youngest member of the Senate, is standing on a narrow walk around the pool as he chats with Harold K. Bradford, of Washington, D.C., retiring President of the National Association of Securities Commissioners. Senator Holt was in Miami to address the association's annual convention."

73. Senator Rush D. Holt Chatting With Harold K. Bradford, Retiring President of the National Association of Securities Commissioners, Miami, Fla.

Inscription on back of cabinet card reads: "Your agnostic friend M.S. Holt. "Christmas" 1885".  Dr. Holt was the father of U. S. Senator Rush D. Holt.

74. Dr. Matthew S. Holt, Editor of Republican from Lewis County, W. Va.

The Holt family gathered in front of their Christmas tree.

75. Senator Rush D. Holt and Wife Helen Holt With Their Children, Helen Jane and Rush Jr.