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1. Secretary of State Helen Holt and Governor Underwood

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

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

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

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

Helen Holt is the woman sitting down in the middle.

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

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

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

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

7. Helen Holt at Stephens College 50th Reunion

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

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

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

9. Helen Holt Accepting Position with Federal Housing Administration

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.

10. Helen Holt Shaking Hands with President Dwight Eisenhower

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.

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

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.

12. Helen Holt Applying State Seal of West Virginia

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.

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

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.

14. Helen Holt, Nancy Reagan, and Barbara Bush

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.

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

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.

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

Helen F. Holt was the first woman to serve as Secretary of State in the state of West Virginia from February 17, 1957 to December 1, 1958. She is also the widow of Senate Rush D. Holt.

17. Secretary of State Helen F. Holt Holding Up West Virginia State Flag

Senator Rush D. Holt and his wife, Helen, are reading the Charleston Daily Mail.

18. Holt, Senator Rush D. and His Wife Reading the Newspaper