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As a mathematician and aerospace engineer at NASA for forty years, Christine Mann Darden was a leader in researching supersonic flight and sonic booms.

Hampton

Chief of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps, Clara Adams-Ender was the first African American woman to command a major army base.

Prince William County

Claudia Emerson received the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and is Virginia's poet laureate.

Fredericksburg

As a programs supervisor for the Virginia High School League, Claudia L. Dodson was dedicated to developing opportunities for girls' athletics across the state.

Charlottesville

Clementina Rind was the first female printer in colonial Virginia.

Williamsburg

The first Afircan American woman to serve on the Supreme Court of Virginia, Cleo Elaine Powell encourages young people to create a culture of diversity and respect for the law.

Brunswick

Pamunkey chief Cockacoeske signed the 1677 Treaty of Middle Plantation with the English and reunited several tribes under her authority.

Middle Peninsula

Corazon Sandoval Foley is an advocate and leader for collecting stories of Asian American immigrants through oral history and research projects within her community.

Fairfax County

The first African American woman appointed chief deputy attorney general of Virginia, Cynthia E. Hudson is dedicated to using the law to help all Virginians.

Nottoway County

Debbie Ryan turned the University of Virginia women's basketball team into a national power and currently campaigns for research into pancreatic cancer.

Albemarle County