Article - "Full Steam Ahead" Sarah Ponder, Engineer

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Title

Subject

Newspapers; African American women

Description

Article in publication "West Virginia: It's People, Places & Stories" highlighting Sarah Ponder's life and career as an African American Woman engineer with Norfolk Southern railroad's Pocahontas division. She was the first Black Female conductor with the railroad and served 22 years, retiring in 2019.

Creator

Jamie Null

Source

West Virginia: It's People, Places & Stories

Publisher

CNHI West Virginia LLC

Date

2014

Contributor

Sarah Ponder, Alona Norwood

Rights

Items can be used for private reflection and research, and not for commercial purposes.

Coverage

United States--West Virginia-Mercer County

Files

Collection

Bluefield, West Virginia

Citation

Jamie Null, “Article - "Full Steam Ahead" Sarah Ponder, Engineer,” Black in Appalachia: Community History Digital Archive, accessed November 6, 2025, https://blackinappalachia.omeka.net/items/show/2275.