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WOMEN IN HISTORY: These Wheeling Women Made Music History

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...

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