Blanche Preston Preston
Blanche Preston Preston, born July 16, 1873 in Fayetteville.
Preston studied painting at the Museum of Art in Cincinnati and the
Art Students League in New York. She specialized in
miniatures.
Sally Scollay Page
Sally Scollay Page (1860-1939), librarian at Clarksburg Public
Library.
Kathy Mattea
Country music star Kathy Mattea, a native of Cross Lanes
Ellen Ruddell King
Ellen Ruddell King, author of the song "The West Virginia Hills,"
was born in Glenville on April 22, 1846.
Helen Holt
Helen Holt, appointed West Virginia's first female secretary of
state. She was appointed by Governor Cecil Underwood on December 5,
1957. Courtesy West Virginia Industrial and Publicity Commission,
AD 243-58
Nancy Hart
Confederate spy Nancy Hart. Click here for bibliographical information on
Hart.
Cecile Roberta Goodall
Cecile Roberta Goodall, born in Charleston on October 23, 1904;
died in Beckley on October 11, 1981. She was the editor of the
West Virginia Historical Review Journal.
Izola Forrester
Izola Forrester, author of This One Mad Act, published by
Hale, Cushman and Flint.
Denise Giardina
Denise Giardina, author of Storming Heaven and The
Unquiet Earth, and 2000 gubernatorial candidate.
Mabel Frances Gibbons
Mabel Frances Gibbons, 1904. Gibbons was born in Charleston on
January 16, 1872; she died in Point Pleasant on March 23, 1951. She
was the first woman principal of a junior high school in West
Virginia, serving at Thomas Jefferson Junior High School for 23
years.