Background
YOST, Lenna Lowe was born in Basnettville, West Virginia. Daughter of Jonathan S. and Columbia S. (Basnett) Lowe.
YOST, Lenna Lowe was born in Basnettville, West Virginia. Daughter of Jonathan S. and Columbia S. (Basnett) Lowe.
West Virginia. Wesleyan College; O. Northern University, Doctor of Humane Letters.
President West Virginia Equal Suffrage Association as chairman of committee directed campaign for ratification of the 19th Amendment. Nat. representative and correspondent in Washington, 1918-1930, and president, West Virginia Woman’s Christian Temperance Union. Chairman Republican Women’s Executive Committee of West Virginia, 1920-1922. Member Republican National Committee, 1924-1932, Executive Committee, 1928-1932.
Director women’s div. Republican National Committee, 1930-1935. Member State Board of Education, West Virginia, 1921-1933;
Member American Association University Women, League of America Pen. Women, Daughters of American Revolution, Woman’s National Farm and Garden Association (Executive Committee), Pi Sigma Alpha.; Club: National Woman’s Country.
Spouse Ellis Asby Yost, 1899, Basnettville, West Virginia. 1 son, Leland Lowe.