Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { <http://wikidata.dbpedia.org/resource/Q17353721> ?p ?o }
- Q17353721 description "First Lady of South Carolina".
- Q17353721 description "First Lady of South Carolina".
- Q17353721 subject Q10209257.
- Q17353721 subject Q13282604.
- Q17353721 subject Q8246225.
- Q17353721 subject Q8246910.
- Q17353721 subject Q8460186.
- Q17353721 subject Q8736533.
- Q17353721 subject Q8884497.
- Q17353721 subject Q8947788.
- Q17353721 subject Q9711672.
- Q17353721 abstract "Lois Rhame West (September 5, 1921 – May 6, 2014) was an American health and physical fitness advocate, activist, and philanthropist. She served as First Lady of South Carolina from 1971 until 1975 during the administration of her husband, former Governor John C. West. Rhame West, a former faculty member at the University of South Carolina, made physical education and wellness the focus of her tenure as the state's First Lady. West later became the first woman serve as president of the Muscular Dystrophy Association, a position she held for two terms. She served on the Muscular Dystrophy Association's national board of directors for forty years.West was born Lois Rhame on September 5, 1921, in Camden, South Carolina to Boykin W. and Annie L. Rhame. She graduated from Camden High School in 1939. She enrolled at Winthrop College, a women's college in Rock Hill, South Carolina, which now known Winthrop University. She studied physical education. (Winthrop later became a co-educational school during the 1970s). She was active in collegiate athletics as a member of the women's field hockey, tennis and golf teams. On August 29, 1942, while still a college student, Rhame married John C. West at a ceremony in Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. She became the first Winthrop student to marry while in school and still graduate. Lois West received a bachelor's degree in physical education from Winthrop in 1943, becoming the first married woman to graduate from the college.Lois West joined the faculty of the University of South Carolina, where she taught while her husband completed his law degree.West campaigned statewide for her husband during his 1970 gubernatorial campaign. John West was sworn into office in January 1971 at a time when racial tensions were still high in the state. In his inaugural address, Governor West promised to make South Carolina "colorblind" and erase "any vestige of discrimination" from his government. His promises drew threats from the state's Ku Klux Klan. Lois West recognized the danger posed by the Klan to her husband. In a 1998 interview for an oral history project at the University of South Carolina, West recalled her reaction, "If they did something, there were enough Klan members on the grand jury (that) nobody ever got indicted"..."The Grand Dragon lived down near me...so I sent him a message that if anything happened to John, he didn't have to worry about the grand jury, because I'd come kill him right then...I said, 'Now you just remember, whether you do it or anybody else does it, I’m going to get four of you before daylight.'...Boy, they were careful about us after that, because they knew I meant it – and I did." However, despite the threats, she also noted, "In the long run, there are more good people than bad people...This is a good state. It’s a nice place to live. Of all the places we’ve been, this is the best."West adopted physical fitness and health advocacy as the cornerstone of her tenure as First Lady from 1971 to 1975. She focused much of her work on the importance of physical education.John West was appointed the United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1977 to 1981. Lois West accompanied with him to Saudi Arabia during his tenure.The Wests became some of the first major donors to her alma mater, Winthrop University. Both were active in the transition to a coeducational institution during the 1970s. During the 1980s, the family established the Lois Rhame West Scholars program, which provided full scholarships to South Carolina residents. The university awarded her a Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters in 1984.Lois West served on the national board of directors for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) for forty years. Her tenure on the board included two terms as the first female president of the Muscular Dystropy Association. She was also a leader in both the state Cub Scouts and the Girl Scouts.In 1998, Lois West and former Governor Carroll Campbell became the co-chairs of Winthrop University's first capital campaign. Under West and Campbell, the campaign brought in more than $30 million, which was utilized for research programs, scholarships, and improvements to the school's academic majors. She was honored as a "Distinguished Alumni in Physical Education" in 2001. In 2008, the university opened the Lois Rhame West Health, Physical Education and Wellness Center, the school's first LEED certifiied green building. Named in West's honor, the building houses the offices for several major programs of study, including the departments of physical therapy, sports management, and Sport and Human Performance.Her husband of 61 years, former Governor and Ambassador John C. West, died in 2004.Lois West died at her home in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, on May 6, 2014, at the age of 92. Her funeral was held at Bethesda Presbyterian Church in Camden, South Carolina. She was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, also located in Camden. She was survived by two of her three children, Shelton W. Bosley and John C. West Jr., and eleven grandchildren. She was predecased by her husband, Governor John West, and their son, Douglas Allen West, as well as her four brothers and one sister.".
- Q17353721 almaMater Q8026588.
- Q17353721 birthDate "1921-09-05".
- Q17353721 birthPlace Q1144372.
- Q17353721 birthYear "1921".
- Q17353721 deathDate "2014-05-06".
- Q17353721 deathPlace Q1001134.
- Q17353721 deathYear "2014".
- Q17353721 governor Q885391.
- Q17353721 orderInOffice "First LadyofSouth Carolina".
- Q17353721 spouse Q885391.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q1001134.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q10209257.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q1024426.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q1144372.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q1161355.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q11672.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q1323789.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q13282604.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q1408.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q1417098.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q1455.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q1456.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q1521623.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q163727.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q174376.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q178651.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q185733.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q186005.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q188628.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q188823.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q203184.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q203764.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q242606.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q243253.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q30.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q309252.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q329525.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q3660535.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q3773752.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q380075.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q4115013.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q47131.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q48519.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q5025778.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q5377.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q541394.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q5428874.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q5471699.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q558929.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q587357.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q6451898.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q6940370.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q7566701.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q7889366.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q8026588.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q8246225.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q8246910.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q8460186.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q847.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q851.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q8736533.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q885391.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q8884497.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q8947788.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q960774.
- Q17353721 wikiPageWikiLink Q9711672.
- Q17353721 almaMater Q8026588.
- Q17353721 birthDate "1921-09-05".
- Q17353721 birthPlace Q1144372.
- Q17353721 dateOfBirth "1921-09-05".
- Q17353721 dateOfDeath "2014-05-06".
- Q17353721 deathDate "2014-05-06".
- Q17353721 deathPlace Q1001134.
- Q17353721 governor Q885391.
- Q17353721 name "Lois Rhame West".
- Q17353721 name "Rhame West, Lois".
- Q17353721 order "First Lady of South Carolina".
- Q17353721 placeOfBirth "Camden, South Carolina, United States".
- Q17353721 placeOfDeath "Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, United States".
- Q17353721 shortDescription "First Lady of South Carolina".
- Q17353721 spouse Q885391.
- Q17353721 termEnd "1975-01-21".
- Q17353721 termStart "1971-01-19".
- Q17353721 type Person.
- Q17353721 type Agent.
- Q17353721 type OfficeHolder.
- Q17353721 type Person.
- Q17353721 type Agent.