Izetta Jewel Brown Miller of Kingwood, W. Va.

Identifier:

039718

Collection Number:

A&M 2316

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.

Subjects:

Portraits--M.

Personal Names:

Brown, Izetta Jewel.

Acquisition Method:

Acquired

Medium:

print

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView