Lenna Lowe Yost | |
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| Born | January 25, 1878 |
| Died | May 6, 1972 |
| Occupation(s) | Suffragist, temperance leader, clubwoman |
| Spouse | Ellis Asby Yost (1872–1962) |
Lenna Lowe Yost (January 25, 1878 – May 6, 1972), president of the West Virginia Equal Suffrage Association (WVESA) during the state woman suffrage referendum campaign of 1916 and chairman of the WVESA Ratification Committee during the national amendment ratification campaign of 1920. Yost was at the time also the state president of the West Virginia Woman's Christian Temperance Union, thus being the only woman in the nation to serve as both president of temperance and of the suffrage club at the same time. Yost was the first woman to be appointed to the state Board of Education, and the first woman to chair the West Virginia Republic Party convention.