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- Collection: Emergence of Modern America
Annabelle Ravenscroft Gibson Jenkins
Annabella Ravenscroft Gibson Jenkins established a hospital in Richmond that accepted all patients regardless of their ability to pay.
Richmond
Anne B. Spencer
An advocate for civil rights, Anne Spencer was also a noted poet of the Harlem Renaissance.
Lynchburg
Anne B. Spencer
Harlem Renaissance poet Anne B. Spencer was also an advocate for the civil rights of African Americans.
Lynchburg
Edith Bolling Galt Wilson
As First Lady of the United States, Edith Wilson was Woodrow Wilson's trusted confidant.
Wytheville
Elizabeth Dabney Langhorne Lewis
Elizabeth Lewis founded the Equal Suffrage League of Lynchburg.
Lynchburg
Ella Graham Agnew
Ella Agnew was a pioneer in home demonstration work in rural Virginia early in the twentieth century.
Blacksburg
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
Emily White Fleming
Emily White Fleming preserved numerous Fredericksburg landmarks for future generations.
Fredericksburg
Fannie Bayly King
Civic leader Fannie B. King encouraged educational and public health reforms in addition to advocating woman suffrage.
Staunton
Frances Benjamin Johnston
A highly successful photographer, Frances Benjamin Johnston's many accomplishments included documenting historic buildings of Virginia and the southeastern United States.
Fredericksburg