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As First Lady of the United States, Edith Wilson was Woodrow Wilson's trusted confidant.

Wytheville

Businesswoman and community activist Maggie Walker was the first African American woman to charter and serve as president of a bank.

Richmond

Social reformer Lila Meade Valentine was a founder and president of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia.

Richmond

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

Lynchburg

Virginia Estelle Randolph's innovative teaching techniques became the model for African American education throughout the South early in the twentieth century.

Henrico County

Social reformer and activist Mary-Cooke Branch Munford advocated public school reforms, women's rights, and interracial cooperation throughout her life.

Richmond

Sarah Garland Boyd Jones was the first African American woman to pass the Virginia Medical Examining Board's examination.

Richmond

Best-selling author Mary Johnston was a leader in the fight for woman suffrage in Virginia.

A highly successful photographer, Frances Benjamin Johnston's many accomplishments included documenting historic buildings of Virginia and the southeastern United States.

Fredericksburg

Artist Nora Houston was a tireless advocate for woman suffrage and social reform.

Richmond