Alma Bennett Morgan
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| name = Alma Bennett Morgan
| image = Photo of Alma Bennett Morgan.jpg
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1877|06|24}}
| birth_place = Monongalia County, West Virginia, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1960|04|05|1877|06|24}}
| death_place = Morgantown, West Virginia, U.S.
| other_names =
| known_for = First lady of West Virginia, 1921-1925
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| nationality = American
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Alma Bennett Morgan (24 June 1877 – 4 April 1960) was the wife of former Governor of West Virginia Ephraim F. Morgan and served as West Virginia's First Lady from 1921 to 1925."West Virginia's First Ladies," West Virginia Division of Culture and History, June 2007.
Life
Alma was born in 1877 to Albert and Isabelle Bennett in Monongalia County, West Virginia.{{cite book|last1=Callahan|first1=James Morton|title=Genealogical and Personal History of the Upper Monongahela Valley, West Virginia Volume 3|date=1912|publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Company|location=New York, NY|pages=956|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FGAMAAAAYAAJ&q=Alma+Bennett+Morgan&pg=PA956|accessdate=23 November 2016}} She taught school in Marion County, West Virginia. This is where she met Ephraim F. Morgan, and the two married in September 1903. As first lady, she ardently opposed the consumption of alcohol and actively campaigned for a woman's right to vote. She provided design ideas to architect Walter F. Martens in the design of the West Virginia Governor's Mansion. They moved into the newly constructed mansion six days before leaving office. After leaving office, the Morgans lived in Washington, D.C. and in Fairmont, West Virginia. The couple had two children. One child died at the age of fifteen months.{{cite book|last1=Capace|first1=Nancy|title=The encyclopedia of West Virginia.|date=1999|publisher=Somerset Publishers|location=St. Clair Shores, Mich.|isbn=0-403-09843-2|page=100|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K30UKW0aewgC&q=Alma+Bennett+Morgan&pg=PA100|accessdate=23 November 2016}} After Ephraim died in 1950, Alma moved to Morgantown, West Virginia, where she died on April 5, 1960.
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Category:Suffragists from West Virginia
Category:Educators from West Virginia
Category:American women educators
Category:First ladies and gentlemen of West Virginia
Category:Morgan family (West Virginia)
Category:People from Fairmont, West Virginia
Category:People from Monongalia County, West Virginia