Izetta Jewel Brown Miller, LaJolla Beach, Ca.

Identifier:

039721

Collection Number:

A&M 2316

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).

Subjects:

Portraits--M.

Personal Names:

Brown, Izetta Jewel.

Acquisition Method:

Acquired

Medium:

print

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView