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- Mary Lou Retton
- Pearl S. Buck
- Harriet Jones
- Belle Boyd
- Katherine Johnson
- Jennifer Garner
- Anna Jarvis
16-year-old gymnast Mary Lou Retton became “America’s Sweetheart” at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, nabbing 1 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals — an accomplishment that prompted Sports Illustrated to name her “Sportswoman of the Year.” The Fairmontnative also was the first American woman to win an individual all-around gold medal in gymn...
Pearl S. Buck is best known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Good Earth,” inspired by her time growing up in China with her missionary parents – but her roots are planted firmly in West Virginia. The Hillsboro native in 1938 became the first American woman to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. Buck was also an advocate for civil right...
Born in 1856 in Pennsylvania but raised in Terra Alta, Harriet Jones was the first female licensed physician in West Virginia and one of the first women to serve in the state legislature. After earning her medical degree in Maryland, she opened a private practice in Wheelingin 1886. A founder of numerous hospitals and welfare institutions in the st...
Maria Isabelle “Belle” Boyd’s spy career started in 1861 when the 18-year-old shot a Yankee soldier at her Martinsburg home. She began smuggling Union activity information to Confederate General Stonewall Jackson, aiding him in his 1862 Shenandoah Valley campaign. She was imprisoned twice for her actions, and ended up marrying a Union naval officer...
White Sulphur Springs native Katherine Johnson became a household name with the release of “Hidden Figures,” the 2016 Box Office smash about 3 African-American women whose mathematical skills helped NASA win the space race against the Soviet Union. Johnson, a graduate of West Virginia Colored Institute (now West Virginia State University), was part...
Golden Globe winner Jennifer Garner made a name for herself in the 2001-2006 TV spy thriller “Alias” and went on to star in critically acclaimed films like “Juno” and “Dallas Buyers Club.” She grew up in Charleston and frequently returns here to visit family, but that’s not where her state loyalty stops. She loves to talk about her love for her hom...
Mother’s Day owes its existence to the efforts of Anna Jarvis. The Grafton resident campaigned to get a national holiday declared in honor of her mother, Anna Maria Reeves Jarvis, whose Mother’s Day Work Clubs cared for families stricken with tuberculosis. During the Civil War, she expanded her humanitarian work to nurse both Union and Confederate ...
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The evolution of women's roles on the farm, the everyday work, and the technological advances that impacted women's lives are the subjects of this essay, which attempts to develop a portrait of a woman's work, surroundings, feelings, and her typical day on West Virginia farms in the 1880s and 1920s.
These photos offer a glimpse into the lives of West Virginia women, both at work and play, to honor their accomplishments and role in shaping our state. This exhibit was on display from March 2020 to June 2021.
Today, multiple museums and experiences comprise Heritage Farm Museum & Village. The Progress Museum contains scenes of everyday life from 1850 to 1950, as well as various artifacts and pictures from events throughout.
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