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.

Portrait of Sallie Norris

Identifier:: 037175
Collection Number:: A&M 3376
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.
Subjects:: WVU--Student Portraits--N-S., College students--West Virginia--Morgantown.
Personal Names:: Showalter, Sallie Norris.
Corporate Names:: West Virginia University.
Acquisition Source:: WVU. Center for Women's Studies. Lillian Waugh
Acquisition Method:: Transfer
Medium:: print
Projects:: West Virginia History OnView