Virginia Changemakers
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Alice Jackson Stuart.jpg
By applying to the University of Virginia to pursue graduate studies, Alice Jackson challenged Virginia's laws of segregation.
Richmond

Ana Ines King.jpg
As founder and artistic director of the Latin Ballet of Virginia, Ana Ines King shares Latin American dance and culture with students and audiences across Virginia.
Recipient of the VABPW Foundation Business Leadership Award
Richmond

Ann Compton.jpg
An award-winning journalist, Ann Compton broke new ground as the first woman White House correspondent for a national news organization.
Roanoke

VWH 2004 Holden.jpg
At a time when women had few rights, Ann Makemie Holden managed her large plantation on the Eastern Shore and strove to uphold the ideals of the American Revolution.
Accomack County

VWH 2003 Bodeker.jpg
In 1870 Anna Whitehead Bodeker founded the first woman suffrage association in Virginia.
Richmond

VWH 2003 Jenkins.jpg
Annabella Ravenscroft Gibson Jenkins established a hospital in Richmond that accepted all patients regardless of their ability to pay.
Richmond

VWH 2003 Spencer.jpg
An advocate for civil rights, Anne Spencer was also a noted poet of the Harlem Renaissance.
Lynchburg

VWH 2003 Peebles.jpg
Throughout her life, Anne Dobie Peebles was a relentless advocate for public education and health-care improvements for all Virginians.
Sussex County

VWH 2005 Johns Powell.jpg
As a high school student in Farmville, Barbara Johns challenged school segregation.
Prince Edward County
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