Helen Holt Volunteering for Red Cross at Senate Office Building
Date:
undated
Description:
Holt was the first woman to serve as Secretary of State in West Virginia. She was also an active volunteer for the Red Cross. She is most well known for her work in improving the housing and healthcare for the elderly of America.
Helen Holt Swearing Into Office of Elderly, Washington, D.C.
Date:
undated
Description:
Pictured with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Lynn. Holt was the first woman Secretary of State in West Virginia in 1955-1956. She continued active political participation long after her term and is most well known for her work in improving the housing and health care for the elderly.
Helen Holt (middle) is pictured with the First Ladies of the 40th and 41st Presidents of the United States. Helen Holt was the first woman secretary of West Virginia and also had a great influence on the improvement of housing and healthcare for the elderly in later political activity.
Helen Holt was the first woman to serve as Secretary of State of West Virginia (1957-1958). She also led the most important program in housing and long term healthcare for the elderly of America in her late political work with the FHA and HUD.
Helen Holt was the first woman Secretary of State of West Virginia (1957-1958. She is also known for her work in greatly improving the housing and long term health care for the elderly.
Helen Holt Outside West Virginia State Capital; Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Helen Holt was the first woman to serve as Secretary of State in West Virginia (1955-1956). She is also well known for her later political efforts in vastly improving housing and long term health care for the elderly.
A duty of Secretary of State. Helen Holt served as the first woman Secretary of State from 1955-1956. She is also well known for her later career work with HUD in greatly improving the housing conditions and long term health care of the elderly.
Helen Holt in Parade at Apple Festival in West Virginia
Date:
undated
Description:
Helen Holt was the first woman to serve as Secretary of State in West Virginia from 1955-1956. She later went on to greatly improve the housing conditions and long term health care of the elderly of America through her political activity. She is well known for being behind the construction of 1,000 modern long term health care facilities.
Helen Holt Shaking Hands with President Dwight Eisenhower
Date:
undated
Description:
Helen Holt was the first woman to serve as Secretary of State for West Virginia. She is also famous for her efforts to improve the housing conditions and long term health care of the American elderly population.
United States Army General Jonathan M. Wainwright, San Francisco, Ca.
Date:
1945/08/14
Description:
Center: US Army General Jonathan M. Wainwright, Commander of Allied Forces in the Philippines at the time of their surrender to Japan in 1942. Wainwright was a POW, held by the Japanese until his liberation in August 1945.
Senator Rush D. Holt Buys Peace Bond, Washington D. C.
Date:
1940
Description:
Inscribed on the back of the photo, 'Senator Rush D. Holt buys a peace bond from Frederick J. Libby, Executive Secretary of the National Council for Prevention of War, which launched a million dollar issue of peace bonds to build a more adequate American peace movement.'
Senator Rush Holt Gives a Speech During Campaign Stop
Date:
1952
Description:
Holt delivers a speech from the back of a train during his 1952 campaign for West Virginia Governor. The name of the train was the 'Eisenhower Special', after General Dwight D. Eisenhower who was running for president. Stamped on the back of the photo, ' Photographic Department Weirton Steel Co., Weirton, West Va.'.
Surrounded by an audience, including local media such as WCHS Radio, with a large photograph of President Franklin Roosevelt hanging over his head, Rush Holt drives home his message.
Portrait of United States Senator Rush D. Holt. Inscribed on the photograph,' Young people should not be afraid to put their ideas against those of their elders. They should not accept things simply because those things are old and conventional. This is a time for questioning and experimentation. It is through this kind of conflict that every worth while advance has come. Young people must not follow the old standards and leaders blindly through.'
A car sits by the Malden Fire Department with a sign that reads "Vote Rush Holt IN, State House Gang OUT". The photograph was most likely taken during one of Rush Holt's campaign's for state office.
