Browse Items (14 total)
- Tags: Religion
Laura Lu Scherer Copenhaver
As founder of Rosemont Industries and as a Lutheran lay leader, Laura Lu Scherer Copenhaver advocated strategies for improving educational and economic opportunities in southwestern Virginia.
Smyth County
Themes: Business and Entrepreneurship, Religion
Fields Cook
Born into slavery, Fields Cook became a prominent African American leader in Richmond and Alexandria in the aftermath of the Civil War.
Richmond and Alexandria
Themes: Arts and Literature, Government and Law, Religion
Isabel Wood Rogers
As an educator and author, Isabel Wood Rogers advocated that Christians take an active and responsible interest in the secular world.
Richmond
Themes: Arts and Literature, Education, Religion
Caroline Bradby Cook
A Unionist during the Civil War, Caroline Bradby Cook protected, preserved, and passed on the Pamunkey heritage.
King William County
Gowan Pamphlet
Gowan Pamphlet was born enslaved, but persevered to become a well-known preacher, gain his freedom, and establish a Baptist church in Williamsburg that continues as an active congregation today.
Williamsburg
Themes: Religion
Elizabeth Henry Campbell Russell
Setting a charitable example, Elizabeth Henry Campbell Russell fostered the fledgling Methodist Church in southwestern Virginia as a devoted adherent and through material and compassionate support of the church.
Saltville
Noah Davis
Born into slavery, Noah Davis raised more than $4,000 to free himself and his family members during the 1840s and 1850s.
Fredericksburg
Themes: Arts and Literature, Religion
John Jasper
An extraordinary orator who preached throughout the eastern United States, John Jasper in 1867 established Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church, in Richmond.
Richmond
Themes: Religion