![]() ![]() The Mountain Party of West Virginia was born as a result of Charlotte Pritt's 19 candidacies for Governor of West Virginia. In 2007 she was reinstated as an ordained deacon in the Episcopal Church. Giardina currently lives near Charleston and teaches at West Virginia State University. In order to fund this career choice, Denise Giardina did secretarial work during the day so she could write in the evenings. In 1980 she decided against ordination in favor of pursuing a career in writing. She pursued graduate work at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, later receiving a Masters in Divinity from the Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia in 1979. ![]() ![]() Giardina received a Bachelor's degree from West Virginia Wesleyan College in 1973. In order to find work, her family moved to the state capital of Charleston. Her family lived in Black Wolf until she was thirteen, when the mine closed. Giardina's grandfather and uncles worked underground and her father kept the books for Page Coal and Coke. Like the rest of the community, her family's survival was dependent upon the prosperity of the mine. Denise Giardina was born Octoin Bluefield, West Virginia, and grew up in the small coal mining camp of Black Wolf, located in rural McDowell County, West Virginia. ![]()
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