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- Collection: Emergence of Modern America
Ella Graham Agnew
Ella Agnew was a pioneer in home demonstration work in rural Virginia early in the twentieth century.
Blacksburg
Willa Cather
Pulitzer Prize–winning author Willa Cather was acclaimed for her novels portraying the settlers and frontier life of the American Plains.
Frederick County
Sarah Lee Fain
Sarah Lee Fain was one of the first two women elected to Virginia's General Assembly.
Norfolk
Ellen Glasgow
A best-selling novelist, Ellen Glasgow challenged southern social and cultural conventions through her writing and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1942.
Richmond
Lila Meade Valentine
Social reformer Lila Meade Valentine was a founder and president of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia.
Richmond
Maggie Lena Walker
Businesswoman and community activist Maggie Walker was the first African American woman to charter and serve as president of a bank.
Richmond
Jennie Dean
Born enslaved, Jennie Dean founded a school for African Americans in Manassas.
Manassas
Edith Bolling Galt Wilson
As First Lady of the United States, Edith Wilson was Woodrow Wilson's trusted confidant.
Wytheville
Rosa Dixon Bowser
Social reformer Rosa Dixon Bowser was an advocate for civil rights and educational opportunities for African Americans.
Richmond
Janie Porter Barrett
Janie Porter Barrett devoted her life to improving opportunities for young African American women through education.
Hanover County