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Group of women on porch, possibly a hotel or boarding house.

1. Lumber Town Women Posing on the Porch of their Boardinghouse

IDNO:
000368
Title:
Lumber Town Women Posing on the Porch of their Boardinghouse
Date:
undated
Description:
Group of women on porch, possibly a hotel or boarding house.
Leila Jesse Frazier, of Upper Norword in Surrey, England and an 1899 graduate of the WVU Law School, rides 'man fashion' or astride, near Woodburn Hall. A contemporaneous newspaper account depicts Frazier’s journey to Morgantown to begin her law studies, indicating that she put her husband, James C. Frazier, on the train in Martinsburg, and set off unaccompanied on horseback across the mountains. She arrived several days later,wearing a black riding habit with a divided skirt, riding ';man fashion', carrying a brace of revolvers, and 'armed with a most remarkable amount of courage and daring'. Frazier was president of the Woman’s League of WVU, the first women’s organization on campus. Information from Becky Lofstead, 'Trailblazers at the College of Law' in WVU Alumni Magazine, Winter 2000, p.18.

2. Leila Jesse Frazier Rides Horse near Woodburn Hall, West Virginia University

IDNO:
020429
Title:
Leila Jesse Frazier Rides Horse near Woodburn Hall, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1905
Description:
Leila Jesse Frazier, of Upper Norword in Surrey, England and an 1899 graduate of the WVU Law School, rides 'man fashion' or astride, near Woodburn Hall. A contemporaneous newspaper account depicts Frazier’s journey to Morgantown to begin her law studies, indicating that she put her husband, James C. Frazier, on the train in Martinsburg, and set off unaccompanied on horseback across the mountains. She arrived several days later,wearing a black riding habit with a divided skirt, riding ';man fashion', carrying a brace of revolvers, and 'armed with a most remarkable amount of courage and daring'. Frazier was president of the Woman’s League of WVU, the first women’s organization on campus. Information from Becky Lofstead, 'Trailblazers at the College of Law' in WVU Alumni Magazine, Winter 2000, p.18.

3. Portrait of a Woman Standing Outdoors

IDNO:
028287
Title:
Portrait of a Woman Standing Outdoors
Date:
1910/09/19
A portrait of unidentified woman.

4. Portrait of Woman

IDNO:
030268
Title:
Portrait of Woman
Description:
A portrait of unidentified woman.
An unidentified woman.

5. Portrait of Woman

IDNO:
030269
Title:
Portrait of Woman
Description:
An unidentified woman.
An unidentified woman.

6. Portrait of Woman

IDNO:
030270
Title:
Portrait of Woman
Description:
An unidentified woman.

7. Group Portrait of Women

IDNO:
030532
Title:
Group Portrait of Women
Date:
ca. 1958

8. Unidentified Group of Young Women

IDNO:
030541
Title:
Unidentified Group of Young Women
Date:
ca. 1965
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.'

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

IDNO:
047234
Title:
Helen Holt and Captain Winifred R. Quick, Washington, D. C.
Date:
1959/04/07
Description:
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.'
Women of the Niagara Movement at Storer College in Harpers Ferry, W. Va. Left to right are Mrs. O. M. Waller, Mrs. H. F. M. Murray, Mrs. Mollie Lewis Kelan, Mrs. IdaD. Bailey, Miss Sadie Shorter, and Mrs. Charlotte Hershaw. Mrs. Gertrude Wright Morgan is seated.

10. Women of Niagara Movement, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

IDNO:
050482
Title:
Women of Niagara Movement, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Date:
1907
Description:
Women of the Niagara Movement at Storer College in Harpers Ferry, W. Va. Left to right are Mrs. O. M. Waller, Mrs. H. F. M. Murray, Mrs. Mollie Lewis Kelan, Mrs. IdaD. Bailey, Miss Sadie Shorter, and Mrs. Charlotte Hershaw. Mrs. Gertrude Wright Morgan is seated.
A group of women watch as their instructor demonstrates how to finish furniture.

11. Women Attend Furniture Finishing Class at Women's 4-H Camp

IDNO:
051331
Title:
Women Attend Furniture Finishing Class at Women's 4-H Camp
Date:
1938
Description:
A group of women watch as their instructor demonstrates how to finish furniture.
A display put together by the women of the Farm Women's Bureau.

12. Farm Women's Bureau Exhibit at the Jubilee Celebration at the State 4-H Camp in Jackson's Mill, Lewis County, W. Va.

IDNO:
051415
Title:
Farm Women's Bureau Exhibit at the Jubilee Celebration at the State 4-H Camp in Jackson's Mill, Lewis County, W. Va.
Date:
1938
Description:
A display put together by the women of the Farm Women's Bureau.