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Josephine Norcom advocated educational opportunities and equal rights for African American women and men.

Portsmouth

Katherine Harwood Waller Barrett devoted her life to providing needed medical care, shelter, education, and training to unmarried mothers and their children.

Henrico County

As founder of Rosemont Industries and as a Lutheran lay leader, Laura Lu Scherer Copenhaver advocated strategies for improving educational and economic opportunities in southwestern Virginia.

Smyth County

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

Richmond

A pioneering educator, Lucy Addison developed the first accredited high school for Roanoke's African American community.

Roanoke

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

Richmond

Labor economist Mary Elizabeth Pidgeon began her career as an organizer for woman suffrage.

Clarke County

Mary Jeffery Galt helped found the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.

Norfolk

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

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

Richmond