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- IDNO:
- 039718
- Title:
- Izetta Jewel Brown Miller of Kingwood, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1972
- Description:
- Widow of Congressman William Brown from West Virginia and the first woman to second a presidential nominee in a major party (1920) and also the first woman south of the Mason-Dixon line to run for the United States Senate, losing the West Virginia Democratic Party nomination to Matthew Neely by only 6,000 votes in 1922.
- IDNO:
- 039721
- Title:
- Izetta Jewel Brown Miller, LaJolla Beach, Ca.
- Date:
- 1972/11/24
- Description:
- The 89th birthday celebration for Izetta Jewel Brown Miller, widow of West Virginia Congressman, William Gay Brown of Preston County. Mrs. Miller was the first woman to second a presidential nominee in a major party convention (1920) and the first woman, south of the Mason-Dixon line to run for the U.S. Senate losing the West Virginia Democratic Party nomination to Matthew Neely by 6,000 votes (1922).