Virginia Changemakers
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A pioneer in the field of reproductive endocrinology, Georgeanna Seegar Jones helped lead pathbreaking research into fertility treatments for women.
Norfolk

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Determined that her freedom was worth any hardship, Ona Judge escaped slavery and defied George Washington's attempts to retrieve her.
Fairfax County

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Throughout her career, Lucy Randolph Mason championed social reforms and legislation to help Southern workers.
Richmond

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Ballad singer and songwriter Kate Peters Sturgill preserved the music of her Appalachian region through her recordings and collection of folk songs.
Wise County

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A prosperous woman during the earliest years of the Virginia colony, Temperance Flowerdew Yeardley took steps to maintain control of her financial affairs after her husband's death.
Jamestown

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Mary A. Marshall advocated public education and equal rights as a member of the General Assembly for more than twenty years.
Arlington

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Acclaimed novelist and writer Barbara Kingsolver addresses issues of social justice, the environment, and human rights through her fiction and nonfiction.
Washington County

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Throughout her career in public service, Kay Coles James has been an advocate for families, faith, and communities while working in local, state, and federal government.
Richmond

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As a result of her experiences in a Japanese internment camp during World War II, Marii Kyogoku Hasegawa devoted her life to promoting human rights, disarmament, and world peace.
Richmond

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Isabella Gibbons learned to read while enslaved and later educated hundreds of African Americans as a teacher in the freedmen's schools and public schools of Charlottesville.
Charlottesville

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