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Helen F. Holt was the first woman Secretary of State in the state of West Virginia. After her term she worked with the Federal Housing Administration and other organizations to establish one of the most important programs in housing and long term healthcare for the elderly.
Helen Holt served as the first woman Secretary of State of West Virginia. She also led the most important program in housing and health care for the elderly through her work with the Federal Housing Administration. She established nationally high standards of care and oversaw the construction of 1,000 health care facilities. The photograph was most likely taken when Richard Nixon was Vice President of the United States.
Edward Dee, a member of the Federal Housing Administration at it's Forth Worth Office came to Washington D.C. to help start Section 232 (nursing homes) with Helen Holt. Holt was the first Secretary of State of West Virginia and led the most important program in housing and long-term healthcare for the elderly of America and is the widow of WV Senator Rush Holt.
Helen F. Holt served as the first woman Secretary of State of West Virginia. She had a major influence on the living conditions and long term health care of the elderly of America.
Helen Holt was the first female Secretary of State in the state of West Virginia and led the most important program in housing and long term health care for the elderly of America in the 20th century.
Rush Holt served as West Virginia state senator from 1936-1941. His wife, Helen Holt served as the first female Secretary of State of West Virginia. In 1960 President Eisenhower appointed Helen to create a program to improve the housing situation for the elderly. Through her mortgage insurance program at the Federal Housing Administration she was able to create nationally high standards for the care of the elderly. 1,000 modern health care facilities were constructed under her at no cost to the American taxpayer. The six subsequent presidents appointed her to the same position after her immense success.
Included in the photograph taken outside the family home: Mr and Mrs William Hibbs; Arizona Hibbs; Effie Hibbs; Carrie Hibbs; Mattie Hibbs; Millie Hibbs; Ida Hibbs; and Samuel Roderick, grandfather.
Ken Hechler born September 20, 1914 in Roslyn, New York is a member of the Democratic Party. He represented West Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977 and was West Virginia Secretary of State from 1985 to 2001. In 1965 he was the only member of Congress to march with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma, Alabama. He also served as a combat historian during World War II and wrote several books including "The Bridge at Remagen".
Ken Hechler, author of the book "The Bridge at Remagen" on set for the same titled movie with Ben Gazzara and other actors in 1968 in Davle, Czechoslovakia. Hechler served as a combat historian in the European Theater of Operations during World War II and was attached to the 9th Armored Division when one of its infantry-tank task forces captured the Ludendorff Bridge spanning the Rhine river at Remagen, Germany. Ken Hechler served as technical adviser for the film adaptation which premiered in 1969. Ken Hechler pictured in the front right with Ben Gazzara to his left.
Secretary of State in the Restored Government of Virginia.
This photo was taken before retirement from active duty, July 1960. Hearne served in the West Virginia State Legislature and State Republican Party.
Jo Miller Hamilton; daughter of A. E. and Jennie Miller