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The original oil portrait of Elizabeth Dickey Fleming, shown here, was returned to Fairmont State on April 18.
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Times West Virginian
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The original oil portrait of Elizabeth Dickey Fleming, shown here, was returned to Fairmont State on April 18. SUBMITTED PHOTO
FAIRMONT â A piece of local history that has been missing for more than 100 years is back in a safe place.
On Sunday, officials at Fairmont State University welcomed home the original oil portrait of Elizabeth Dickey Fleming who is known as the first woman to serve as principal of a normal school. Fleming was the principal of Fairmont State Normal School, the forerunner to Fairmont State.