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

Richmond

Sarah Lee Fain was one of the first two women elected to Virginia's General Assembly.

Norfolk

Sophie G. Meredith was an advocate for equal suffrage and women's rights.

Richmond

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

Henrico County

Pulitzer Prize–winning author Willa Cather was acclaimed for her novels portraying the settlers and frontier life of the American Plains.

Frederick County