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.
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).
