Grave Marker Dedication Honors Black Activist Bessie Woodson Yancey
A grave marker dedication was held this month for an Appalachian activist who died decades ago.
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Yost, Jones, and Brown Led Fight for Suffrage in West Virginia
One hundred years ago, women won the right to vote. The activists who led West Virginia’s suffrage movement faced more than sexism. Despite political…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsMay 7, 1972: Activist Lenna Lowe Yost Dies at 94
Activist Lenna Lowe Yost died on May 7, 1972, at age 94. The Marion County native and West Virginia Wesleyan College graduate had become involved in…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsMay 7, 1972: Activist Lenna Lowe Yost Dies at 94
Activist Lenna Lowe Yost died on May 7, 1972, at age 94. The Marion County native and West Virginia Wesleyan College graduate had become involved in…
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