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Names of Women in the West Virginia Woman Suffrage Movement
(primarily gleaned from newspapers)


Ackerman, Mrs. George (Wheeling) – Annie?
Adams, Mrs. Homer (Harrisville)
Allen, Mrs. Walker (Wheeling)
Anderson, Mrs. C. N. (Huntington)
Anderson, Doris (Huntington)
Ayers, Mrs. Emma J. (Fairmont)
Bailey, Mrs. R. M. (Parkersburg)
Baker, Mrs. J. T. (Huntington)
Barnes, Mrs. Olive (Fairmont)
Barr, Mrs. Ada (Wheeling)
Barr, Mrs. Hagan (Parkersburg)
Bastion, Mrs. John (Huntington)
Bayer, Mrs. H. W. (Morgan County)
Beaty, Mrs. Newton S. (Mannington)
Beebe, Mrs. J. C. (Huntington)
Bell, Birdie (Ohio County)
Bente, Marie (Wheeling)
Berry, Kate M. (Huntington)
Birch, Mrs. John M. (Wheeling)
Bishop, Cora (Fairmont)
Blair, Mrs. E. J. (Huntington)
Blake, Mrs. A. G. (Huntington)
Blake, Mrs. Georgia B. (Huntington)
Blayney, Mrs. Mary (Roney’s Point)
Blodgett, Mrs. Gertrude (Edgewood)
Blue, Mrs. (Wheeling)
Bobbitt, Mrs. (Ronceverte)
Borden, Mrs. C. L. (Bluefield)
Bott, Mrs. Will (Vandalia, Lewis County)
Boyd, Mrs. G. E. (Wheeling) - Annie Caldwell
Boydston, Mrs. Hannah (Fairmont)
Brady, Mrs. J. Ben (Preston County)
Brahm, Mrs. L. F. (Fairmont)
Brandebury, Helen (Huntington)
Brock, Martha (Morgantown)
Broh, Irene (Huntington)
Brown, Mrs. Izetta Jewell (Kingwood)
Brown, Mrs. J. M. Brown (Parkersburg)
Brown, Mrs. T. A. (Parkersburg)
Bruffey, Georgia (Vandalia, Lewis County)
Bruffey, Maggie (Vandalia, Lewis County)
Buchman, Mrs. Frank (Oak Hill)
Burgess, Frances (Huntington)
Bullard, Dr. Irene B. (Charleston)
Burks, Mary (Huntington)
Burns, Ida (Fairmont)
Burt, Mrs. W. T. (Wheeling)
Butcher, Willa (Fairmont)
Butcher, Mrs. Bernard L. (Fairmont)
Caldwell, Mrs. Gibson (Wheeling)
Campbell, Mrs. F. V. (Morgan County)
Campbell, Mrs. William (Charles Town)
Cannady, Mrs. John E. (Charleston) - Margaret
Carr, Maybelle (Clarksburg)
Carrell, Mrs. G. F. (Fairmont)
Carricoffee, Mrs. H. N. (Huntington)
Carver, Mrs. (Harrisville)
Caswell, Mrs. M. (Parkersburg)
Cavalier, Mrs. C. J. (Bolivar-Harpers Ferry)
Chapman, Mrs. Mildred (Huntington)
Chenoweth, Mrs. (Flemington)
Clarke, Mrs. Elbert Wallace (St. Albans)
Clarke, Mrs. William (Huntington)
Clayton, Mrs. G. G. (Mannington)
Clifford, Mary (Wheeling)
Clum, Jean Belding (Huntington)
Cochran, Mrs. Joseph G. (Parkersburg)
Cole, Grace D. (Charleston or Grafton)
Conner, Mrs. C. R.
Cooper, Mrs. Earl (Parkersburg)
Corbitt, Mary (Sistersville)
Cowan, Eleanor (Fairmont)
Crawford, Mrs. Jennie (Huntington)
Crawford, Mrs. Mary (Salem)
Cummins, Anne M. (Wheeling)
Cummins, Elizabeth (Wheeling)
Cunningham, Annie
Cunningham, R. L. (Fairmont)
Cuppet, Mrs. Iona Smith (Clarksburg)
Dandridge, Mrs. Violet (Shepherdstown)
Dawson, Mrs. J. W. (Kanawha County)
Denton, Myrtle (Huntington)
Devlin, Mrs. W. S. (Fairmont)
deWoody, Mrs. K. H. (Grafton)
Dixon, Helen (Huntington)
Dodd, Lucille (Huntington)
Dudley, Mrs. Frank C. (Fairmont)
Durrett, Mrs. Dr. Lady Johnson (Fairmont)
Ebert, Mrs. J. Gale (Parkersburg) - Cara Little
Edwards, Mrs. Seymour (Charleston)
Eifort, Lucile M. (Huntington)
Elliott, Mrs. (Wheeling)
Emery, Mrs. (Morgantown)
Emmons, Mrs. A. S. (Huntington)
Engle, Mrs. Jennie (Fairmont)
Engle, Mrs. Talton (Grafton)
Ewing, Genevieve (Ohio County)
Farmer, Mrs. T. S. (Montgomery)
Fay, Mrs. S. M. or L. M. (New Cumberland)
Finney, Mrs. A. M. (Charleston)
Fleming, Mrs. Florence E. (Fairmont)
Fleming, Mrs. Frank (Morgantown)
Flint, Irene (Huntington)
Flood, Mrs. E. M. or F. M. (Wheeling)
Ford, Mrs. Gene (Grafton) - Ada Enid Haldeman
Foulke, Virginia (Huntington)
Franklin, Mrs. Della (Huntington)
Franzheim, Mrs. H. C. (Wheeling)
Frazier, Mrs. James Carrole (Berkeley Springs)
Fredlock, Mrs. A.M. (Elkins)
Frick, Mrs. Omar T. (Huntington)
Fulton, Mrs. Nora Dolbear (Moundsville)
Furbee, Mrs. Laura B. (Mannington)
Galloway, Sarah (Huntington)
Gardner, Mabel (Shepherdstown)
Geary, Elizabeth (Harpers Ferry)
Getzendanner, Margaret (Charles Town)
Gillespie, Mrs. George (Huntington)
Graham, Etta (Fairmont)
Greene, Mrs. John (Marion County)
Greenwood, Mrs. Myrtle (Huntington)
Grove, Mrs. Margaret Jane Harn (Fairmont)
Guy, Mrs. M. J. (Wheeling)
Hager, Mrs. J. B. (Madison)
Hall, Mrs. E. B. (Morgantown)
Hall, Mrs. M. Anna Parker (Wheeling)
Hall, Mary (Benwood)
Hall, Ruth (Wheeling)
Hanna, Mrs. E. B. (Wheeling)
Hamilton, Mrs. Minnie (Fairmont)
Hamilton, Mrs. W. S. (Wheeling)
Hanna, Mrs. E. B. (Wheeling)
Harden, Mrs. Louise (Wellsburg)
Hardman, Nan (Vandalia, Lewis County)
Harer, Hazel (Huntington)
Harris, Mrs. S. N. (Jenningston)
Harrison, Mrs. Norville (Charleston)
Harvey, Lewis – woman (Huntington)
Harvey, Mrs. Thomas W. (Huntington) – Helen?
Haslup, Nellie (Grafton)
Hawker, Mrs. Charles E. (Fairmont) – Edith
Haworth, Mrs. C. E. (Huntington)
Haymaker, Grace (Clarksburg)
Haymond, Mrs. Allie (Fairmont)
Hazlett, Mrs. Edward (Wheeling) - Jessie List
Hazlett, Mrs. Robert (Wheeling)
Henderson, Mrs. (St. Albans)
Henshaw-Gardiner, Mrs. Mabel (Shepherdstown)
Hervey, Mrs. Dora (Wellsburg)
Hickman, Mrs. F. A. (Fairmont)
Higby, Mrs. C. P. (Morgantown)
Higgins, Margaret (Huntington)
Hill, Rev. Helen (Richwood)
Hill, Mrs. Louise B. (Huntington)
Hilton, Mrs. J. T. (Huntington)
Hilton, Mrs. Mary (Huntington)
Hobbs, Mrs. Edith (St. Marys)
Hoge, Ellen Douglas (Wheeling)
Hoge, Florence (Wheeling)
Holbert, Mrs. Mackie (Fairmont)
Holliday, Mrs. (Ravenswood)
Hooker, Mrs. Frank E. (Huntington)
Hopkins, Mrs. A. D. (Parkersburg)
Horan, Mrs. Minnie (Cameron)
Horn, Mrs. Sallie (Morgan County)
Hornbrook, Mrs. May B. (Wheeling)
Houston, Mrs. Harold (Kanawha County)
Hoyt, Mrs. John Lewis (Huntington)
Hubbard, Kate Hazlett (Wheeling)
Humphreys, Mrs. J. Harry (Huntington)
Hunter, Kathryn (Morgan County)
Irwin, Mrs. W. W. (Wheeling)
Jackson, Mrs. F. G. (Fairmont)
Jarrett, Mrs. Edwin S. (Shepherdstown)
Jeffries, Mrs. Louis (Kanawha County)
Johnson, Frances D. (Parkersburg)
Jones, Dr. Harriet B. (Wheeling, Glen Dale)
Jones, Mamie (Salem)
Kendall, Mrs. Virginia Hoge (Wheeling)
Kent, Golda (Huntington)
Koen, Flora (Mannington)
Kunst, Mrs. Bertie Shurtleff (Fairmont)
Lander, Josephine (Benwood)
Lashley, Mrs. O. G. (Davis)
Laughlin, Mrs. George A. (Wheeling) – Anna?
Lambert, Mamie (Huntington)
Lawson, Mrs. Ernest C. (Huntington)
Leach, Ruth (Red House)
LeBlanc, Mrs. J. H. (Huntington)
Lehman, Mrs. A. L. (Fairmont)
Ligon, Mrs. J. S. (Williamson)
Linger, Mrs. Guy (Vandalia, Lewis County)
Linger, Mrs. Ralda (Vandalia, Lewis County)
List, Amanda (Wheeling)
Lounsberry, Mrs. George (Charleston)
Love, Mrs. M. M. (Grafton)
Lowther, Mrs. C. F. (Huntington)
Lucas, Virginia (Charles Town)
Manley, Jennie (Fairmont)
Manley, Mrs. Charles E. (Fairmont) - Jessie Grove
Manley, Mrs. H. E. (Fairmont)
Manley, Sarah Maud (Fairmont)
Mann, Mrs. Frank N. (Huntington) - Nancy Murray
Maple, Edna (Salem)
Marsh, Mrs. Lula (Vandalia, Lewis County)
Matthews, Mrs. H. A. (Lewisburg)
McBee, Mrs. Ethel Carle (Fairmont, Morgantown)
McChesney, Alice (Charleston)
McClannahan, Mrs. P. M. (Kanawha County)
McClelland, Mrs. M. L. (Huntington)
McCoy, Mrs. Henry (Sistersville)
McCoy, Mrs. W. D. (Wheeling?)
McCray, Mrs. M. V. (Fairmont)
McCray, Willa (Fairmont)
McCulloch, Mrs. T. M. (Wheeling)
McCune-Rossa, Dr. Mary Virginia (Martinsburg)
McDonald, Anne Yates (Charles Town)
McFadden, Mrs. E. J. (Wheeling)
McIntosh, Mrs. G. C. (Huntington)
McKeever, Mrs. R. A. (Fairmont)
McKinney, Mrs. Anna (Fairmont)
McKinney, Margaret (Fairmont)
McKown, Mrs. George (Wheeling)
McNeilan, Mrs. Milton (Parkersburg) - Clarabel J.
Merrick, Mrs. C. B. or C. D. (Parkersburg)
Miller, Mrs. J. Clark (Fairmont) – Alice?
Mills, Edith B. (Huntington)
Monroe, Dr. Mary Baron (Wheeling)
Montgomery, Mrs. A. M. (Wheeling) – Sally?
Montgomery, Mrs. Samuel (Preston County)
Moreland, Eleanor (Morgantown)
Morgan, Mrs. Columbia A. (Fairmont)
Morris, Clara (Huntington)
Morris, Mrs. L. L. (Marion County)
Moss, Mrs. Anna Ambler (Parkersburg)
McCulloch, Mrs. T. H. (Wheeling)
Murphy, Elsie B. (Charles Town)
Myers, Irene T. (Fairmont)
Nay, Ella M. (Fairmont)
Nay, Mrs. C. B. (Fairmont)
Newton, Mrs. Robert (Benwood)
Nicholson, Mrs. R. Y. (Bolivar-Harpers Ferry)
Nigh, Mrs. S. H. (Huntington)
Nuzum, Mrs. W. F. (Fairmont)
Oberholtzer, Frances (Huntington)
Ogden, Mrs. Howard N. (Fairmont) - Olive
Ogden, Josephine (Fairmont)
Ogden, Mrs. O. C. (St. Marys)
Ott, Mrs. Henry (Wheeling)
Ott, Martha (Wheeling)
Parker, Alice (Fairmont)
Parsons, Mrs. Mary (Grafton)
Peadro, Mrs. John Thomas (Parkersburg) - Daisy M.
Pennock, Mrs. S. E. (Fairmont)
Pennybacker, Mrs. T. B. (Parkersburg) - Lulu
Phillips, Mrs. J. M. (Charles Town)
Phoebus, Mrs. (Wheeling)
Post, Mrs. Ira C. Post (Romines Mill)
Poteet, Mrs. G. A. (Huntington) – Ella Ogden?
Potts, Margaret (Shepherdstown)
Powell, Mrs. Myrtle C. (Fairmont)
Price, Mrs. H. D. (Parkersburg)
Price, Mrs. W. E. (Morgantown)
Prichard, Lucy (Huntington)
Purcell, Mrs. J. B. (Huntington)
Raymond, Mrs. Jennie (Morgantown)
Redman, Mary (Wheeling)
Reed, Mrs. Mary Virginia Moore (Fairmont)
Reinheimer, Clara (Fairmont)
Rice, Lue (Wheeling)
Richardson, Mrs. W. S. (Huntington)
Ritchie, Mrs. Beulah Boyd (Fairmont)
Rittenhouse, Cummie (Vandalia, Lewis County)
Ritz, Mrs. Harold (Charleston)
Roberts, Mrs. C. A. (Parkersburg)
Roberts, Hazel (Elizabeth)
Roberts, Mrs. John (Parkersburg)
Robinson, Margaret (Clarksburg)
Romine, Mrs. Edward S. (Wheeling) - Henrietta Arbenz
Ruhl, Mrs. John L. (Clarksburg) - Julia W.
Rummel, Mrs. H. D. (Charleston)
Russell, Mrs. Henry M. Jr. (Wheeling) – Eleanor Brice
Sammel, Mrs. J. B. (Parkersburg)
Sampson, Mrs. George (Huntington)
Satterfield, Carrie M. (Fairmont)
Schaeffer, Mrs. William (Preston County)
Schrader, Bertha (Wheeling)
Schroeder, Harriett Young (Grafton)
Schutte, Mrs. Nora B. (Salem)
Scott, Mrs. Addison M. (Kanawha County)
Scott, Mrs. Edith Parry (Moundsville)
Scott, Ida Jim (Kanawha County)
Selby, Mrs. Charles (Wheeling?)
Shafer, Mrs. Frank (Vandalia, Lewis County)
Sheridan, Mrs. C. R. (Ohio County)
Simmons, Mrs. M. Holley (St. Marys)
Smiley, Mrs. Charles S. (Harrison County)
Smith, Mrs. A. H. (Huntington)
Smith, Mrs. Allan (Parkersburg)
Smith, Blanche McMunn (Clarksburg)
Smith, Mrs. Harrison B. (Charleston)
Smith, Mrs. I. N. (Charleston)
Smith, Margaret P. (Parkersburg)
Smith, Virginia (Huntington)
Snider, Mrs. M. J. (Fairmont)
Snider, Virginia A. (Clarksburg)
Snow, Mrs. L. M. (Huntington)
Southern, Mrs. Anne Manley (Fairmont)
Spillman, Sue (Huntington)
Spriggs, Mrs. O. P. (Huntington)
Staggers, Mrs. L. B. (Fairmont)
Stalnaker, Elizabeth M. (Huntington)
Stalnaker, Nettie (Vandalia, Lewis County)
Stephenson, Mildred (Parkersburg)
Stout, Mrs. Reid (Parkersburg)
Strother, Mrs. Fannie (Fairmont)
Sturgiss, Mrs. George (Morgantown)
Summerfield, Mrs. M. A. (Montgomery)
Suter, Mrs. J. E. (Piedmont)
Swearingen, Mrs. Charles (Parkersburg)
Swift, Lizzie (Wheeling)
Tabler, Mrs. D. O. (Parkersburg)
Taney, Mrs. James B. II (Wheeling) - Emily Pollock?
Taylor, Mrs. Mattie (Wheeling)
Tener, Mrs. R. W. (Bethany)
Thaw, Teresa (Sistersville)
Thompson, Mrs. J. B. (Grafton)
Thornhill, Mrs. F. P. (Bluefield)
Tompkins, Mrs. T. S. (St. Albans)
Toothman, Mrs. Jessie (Huntington)
Toothman, Mrs. Walter (Marion County)
Trickett, Mrs. E. (Fairmont)
Tucker, Mrs. Gertrude (Fairmont)
Turner, Cora (Parkersburg)
Tyree, Mrs. Frank H. (Huntington)
Ungaro, Mrs. Dan (Wheeling)
Van Ransselaer, Mrs. E. (Morgan County)
Venable, Mrs. E. W. (Huntington)
Waddell, Mrs. F. J. (Huntington)
Ware, Mayme (Huntington)
Warren, Mrs. Eugene (Huntington)
Watkins, Mrs. Rachel A. (Wheeling)
Wayt, Mrs. W. H. (Glenville)
Weaver, Mrs. G. McIntire (Berkeley Springs)
Welch, Mrs. Dudley (Parkersburg)
West, Mrs. Olandus (Clarksburg) - Alma McWhorter
West, Louise (Fairmont)
Wheat, Mrs. George K. (Wheeling) - Fannie
Wheatley, Mrs. Blanche (Bolivar)
White, Mrs. David (Wheeling)
White, Mrs. Kemble - Jane?
Whittaker, Mrs. Anna H. (Huntington)
Wiant, Alma (Parkersburg)
Wiant, Mabel (Parkersburg)
Wilcoxen, Mrs. H. P. (Huntington)
Williams, Mrs. Flora (Wheeling)
Wilson, Jane B. (Wheeling)
Wilson, Jennie (Wheeling)
Wilson, Jesse (Fairview)
Wilson, Mary
Wingett, Mrs. J. W. (Huntington)
Wise, Mrs. S. H. D. (Parkersburg)
Woods, Mrs. or Miss (Harrisville)
Woods, Mrs. Alma (Wheeling)
Wylie, Mrs. R. D. (Huntington)
Yeater, Beatrice (New Martinsville)
Yost, Mrs. E. H. (New Martinsville)
Yost, Mrs. Lenna Lowe (Morgantown)
Yost, Mrs. P. W. (Marion County)
Zane, Carrie C. (Wheeling)

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