These Vintage Dance Cards Provide a Glimpse Into Wheeling’s Social Scene in the Late-1800s Kate Wietor November 5, 2021 What was your 18th birthday like? Maybe it was a mad dash to the convenience store for lottery tickets. Perhaps for those of you who hit this milestone in the 1970s, it meant buying your first beer. Wh...
A Brief History of the Wheeling Female College Angela Hawk October 6, 2021 The sudden closure of Ohio Valley Medical Center in 2019 came as a shock to the community. Employees scrambled to find new jobs, patients sought new doctors, and the Ohio County Library and OVMC Alumni associat...
Wheeling’s Historic Female Doctors Emma Wiley April 1, 2021 “Doctress”...“Lady Doctor”...“Girl Doctor”...These are just a few of the peculiar titles that have been given to some of the historic Wheeling women who worked as physicians. Today, most of us don’t think twice...
Mary B. Greene: The Ohio River’s Leading Lady (Part 2) Taylor Abbott March 4, 2021 By 1946, Mary was in her late 70s but still very much an active presence on the Gordon C. Greene. Only two years prior, her son Captain Chris Greene, who had taken the reigns of the Greene Line following the de...
Mary B. Greene: The Ohio River’s Leading Lady (Part 1) Taylor Abbott March 3, 2021 “When you marry a riverman, you marry the river too. That’s the code of steamboatin’.” -Mary B. Greene Owning steamboats and being a river captain in the late 1800s was not the most glamorous of lifestyle...
The Forgotten Wheeling Suffragist: May Hornbrook Emma Wiley November 3, 2020 When Wheeling residents think of a local suffragist, their minds probably jump to Dr. Harriet B. Jones, the first woman licensed to practice medicine in West Virginia in addition to her extensive suffrage activ...
10 Silly Suffrage Snippets from The Wheeling Intelligencer Emma Wiley September 29, 2020 On March 10th, 1920, West Virginia became the 34th state to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that recognized every citizen’s right to vote, regardless of sex. Women’s suffrage would offi...
DOC AND CHICKIE WILLIAMS: Wheeling’s Pioneers on the Country Music Trail (Part 2) Kyle Knox August 25, 2020 Author’s note: Much of the information in this two-part article is sourced from Doc Williams’ own accounts of his life in his biography, “A Country Music Legend — Doc Williams — Looking Back.” (Published by Jam...
DOC AND CHICKIE WILLIAMS: Wheeling’s Pioneers on the Country Music Trail (Part 1) Kyle Knox August 24, 2020 Author’s note: Much of the information in this two-part article is sourced from Doc Williams’ own accounts of his life in his biography, “A Country Music Legend — Doc Williams — Looking Back.” (Published by Jam...
Next People’s University Celebrates Centennial of Women’s Right to Vote Seán Duffy August 17, 2020 The Ohio County Public Library’s free six-part People’s University course, “The Struggle for Women’s Rights,” kicks off on Thursday, Aug. 20. Adult programming coordinator, Seán Duffy, provides us with a preview of each upcoming class and details on how to attend.
Female Rollers: The Great Depression and the Infiltration of Women in Production Alex Warren May 29, 2020 The Great Depression (1929-1941) is commonly thought of as a time of doom and gloom, with high unemployment, reduced wages and “Hoovervilles” (crude houses built on the outskirts of a city typically populated b...
Wheeling’s Women Are Slam Dunks Stacey Miller Sacco May 4, 2020 Wheeling loves sports. This is evident by the high participation in every Ohio Valley Athletic Conference event. You know it when you see the hundreds of people who come to Wheeling for Super Six weekend or Bea...
WOMEN IN HISTORY: These Wheeling Women Made Music History Stacey Miller Sacco March 31, 2020 Throughout March — Women’s History Month — Weelunk will feature stories about women who have made history and women who are making history. Read our other Women in History features. Music lovers in Wheeling ...
WOMEN IN HISTORY: A Nun’s Life — Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow Nora Edinger March 24, 2020 Editor’s note: Of all the forms of spirituality practiced in Wheeling, perhaps the least understood is that of the various orders of nuns who have served in the city since the 1840s. The Sisters of St. Joseph, ...
WOMEN IN HISTORY: Wheeling Nurses Share Tales From Their Military Days Kelly Strautmann March 17, 2020 Editor's note: Throughout March — Women's History Month — Weelunk will feature stories about women who have made history and women who are making history. Two women, born and raised in Wheeling, West Virgini...
Radical Ratification: Wheeling’s Role in the 19th Amendment Kelly Strautmann March 10, 2020 The right to vote is something many of us may take for granted — until it is time to get to the polls. And 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote. One hundred years ago today, Ma...
WOMEN IN HISTORY: Wheeling Women Rewrite History Books Christina Fisanick March 6, 2020 Editor's note: Throughout March — Women's History Month — Weelunk will feature stories about women who have made history and women who are making history. “Libraries are full of ideas — perhaps the most dang...
