On This Day in West Virginia History, April 22nd

April 22, 2023

Mountaineer News

Vintage West Virginia

Cover of the booklet for West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs, 1910-11

On April 22, 1904, representatives of 15 women's clubs gathered in Wheeling to form the West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs.

Learn more: Formation of the West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs "Women's Clubs Formed State Federation" "Womans Club: State Federation Will Be Organized at Meetings Now Being Held" "West Virginia Women's Organizations, 1880s-1930 or 'Unsexed Termagants . . . Help the World Along'" Document-Based Questions