Shepherd University - Cohongoroota Yearbook (Shepherdstown, WV)

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.Ng 9 Lenna Lowe Yost Lenna Lowe Yost was born in Basnettville, W. Va. in 1878. She is the daughter of Jonathan and Columbia Basnett Lowe, two loyal West Virginians. Her preparation for life was made in West Virginia Wesleyan C'ollege and Ohio Northern University. After her graduation she married the Honorable lflllis A. Yost, who is now an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern llistrict of West Virginia. They have a son who is following in their footsteps of service. Mrs. Yost has always been an untiring worker and has given special attention to the welfare of the women in education and in industry throughout the State, She was President of the West Virginia Equal Suffrage Association, and, still more, she acted as chairman of a committee in a campaign for the ratification of the Federal suffrage amendment. The efficient service that she rendered the equal -064 S . C. suffrage cause was the occasion of much favorable comment. She also served ten years as President of the Wom Union, during which time the organization did much In 1921 she was appointed by President Harding, as States to the International Congress against Alcoholism She was offered the commissionership of prohibition in most important executive positions in the State. lt is an's Christian 'l'emperanee in promoting prohibition. a delegate of the United at Lausanne, Switzerland. West Virginia, one of the said she refused the office because of her deep interest in education in the state schools. Mrs. Yost may fittingly be called a famous first of West Virginia. She was the first woman in West Virginia to preside over a political party convention. She was the first woman teller of the Republican National Vonvention, and the tirst woman to be a member of a state board. She has been an active and efhcient member of the State Board of lidueation since 1921. She has a particular interest in the problems that involve the health, the diet, the housing, and the happiness in general of the students. She has several times been a visitor at Shepherd Vollege, where her devotion to the best interests of the school and her graciousness and personal charm have won for ber the friend- ship of both students and faculty. -MH R+ Five

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