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September 1885 · Terra Alta / Wheeling

Terra Alta-raised Harriet B. Jones begins practicing medicine in Wheeling

After growing up in Terra Alta and graduating with honors from the Woman’s Medical College of Baltimore in 1884, Harriet B. Jones began practicing medicine in Wheeling in September 1885. She became the first woman licensed as a physician in West Virginia and later specialized in gynecology and abdominal surgery.

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1913 · West Virginia context

The Yost Law establishes West Virginia's prohibition system

The West Virginia Legislature enacted the Yost Law to enforce the newly approved state prohibition amendment. The law created a Department of Prohibition and built the legal machinery that would affect liquor shipments, raids, arrests, and court cases across the state.

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