A&M 1851Lenna Lowe Yost, Suffragist, Papers A&M 1851Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-06-18 13:51:18 -0400.EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center Lenna Lowe Yost, Suffragist, Papers Yost, Lenna Lowe, 1878-1972 A&M 1851 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/5504 2.3 Linear Feet 2 ft. 3 1/2 in. (5 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.) 1913-1959 Papers of Lenna Lowe Yost, prominent leader of West Virginia's suffrage movement and the first woman to chair a major political party national convention. She was born in Basnettville, Marion County in 1878, the daughter of Jonathan S. and Columbia Basnett Lowe; died in Washington, D.C. in 1972, at the age of 94. Papers include clippings of articles by Yost, correspondence, biographical material, speeches, and other material. Subjects include prohibition, West Virginia State College (including 1929 bulletin with photographs), Republican committees and conventions, the State Board of Education, and West Virginia University. An addendum of 2003/10/23 includes correspondence, clippings, and other material documenting Yost's work in facilitating ratification of the equal suffrage amendment in the state of West Virginia in the period July 1919 - March 1920. See control folder for item level contents lists and transcriptions of material in the addendum. West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: West Virginia & Regional History Center English Conditions Governing Access

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 Women -- Suffrage Neptune, Virginia Brock. Yost, Lenna Lowe, 1878-1972 Boyd, Betty, b. 1922 Series 1. CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1923681917-193112Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, President of the National American Woman Suffrage AssociationArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1923711919-192011Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, President of the National American Woman Suffrage AssociationArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1923721919-192012Governor John J. Cornwell, 15th Governor of West VirginiaArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1923731917-192113Governor John J. Cornwell, 15th Governor of West VirginiaArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1923741917-192114Mr. Clement L. Shaver, Chair, West Virginia Democratic State CommitteeArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/192375undated15Mr. Clement L. Shaver, Chair, West Virginia Democratic State CommitteeArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/192376undated16Mrs. YostArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/192377191919Mrs. YostArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1923781919110State Advisory Committee, Acceptances, Businessmen, Judges, Lawyers, etcArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1923811919111State Advisory Committee, Acceptances, Businessmen, Judges, Lawyers, etcArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1923821919112State Advisory Committee, Acceptances, Businessmen, Judges, Lawyers, etcArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1923831919113State Advisory Committee, Acceptances, Businessmen, Judges, Lawyers, etcArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1923841919114State Advisory Committee, Acceptances, ClergyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1923851919115State Advisory Committee, Acceptances, Editor and Newspaper PublishersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1923861919116State Advisory Committee, Acceptances, EducatorsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1923871919117State Advisory Committee, Acceptances, EducatorsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1923881919118State Advisory Committee, RefusalsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1923891919119State Advisory Committee, RefusalsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1923901919120State Advisory Committee, Women-Acceptances & RefusalsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1923911919121State Advisory Committee, Women-Acceptances & RefusalsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1923921919122State Advisory Committee, Women-Acceptances & RefusalsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1923931919123CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1923941920212223242526272829State Advisory Committee, Responses to February 10, 1920Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1923951920210State Advisory Committee, Responses to February 21, 1920Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1923961920211212Senator Jesse BlochArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1923971920213Mrs. Ida Harper HustedArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/192401undated215Mrs. Ellis A. Yost, Republican PartyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1924021920-1931216Series 2. Printed MaterialArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1923691916-192012Leaflets, circulars, etcArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/192379undated17Leaflets, circulars, etcArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/192380undated18Suffrage Pamphlets & CircularsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1923981916-1920214Newspaper clippingsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1923991918-1920217218Series 3. Biographical MaterialArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/192370undated2Biographical notesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/192400undated219