Coal Employment Project Founder Betty Jean Hall, front right, applauds during the Coal Employment Project's annual conference in 1984, in Charleston, W.Va. Hall, Hall an Appalachian attorney and federal administrative judge who paved the way for women to enter the coal mining workforce died at age 78 on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. (Earl Dotter/UMW Journal via AP) FOR USE WITH AP'S OBIT BETTY JEAN HALL. AND COAL EMPLOYMENT PROJECT. MANDATORY CREDIT
