Minnie Buckingham Harper was the first black woman to serve as a member of a state legislative body in the United States. Harper was born in Winfield, Putnam County, West Virginia. She later moved to McDowell County. Harper was appointed by Governor Howard Gore on January 10, 1928, to fill the unexpired term of her […]

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