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

Frederick County

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

Henrico County

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

Richmond

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

Norfolk

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

Richmond

Social reformer Rosa Dixon Bowser was an advocate for civil rights and educational opportunities for African Americans.

Richmond

Early in the twentieth century, Robert Russa Moton was one of the foremost African American educators in the United States.

Hampton

Taking a militant approach to the campaign for woman suffrage, Pauline Adams chose to go to prison for her political beliefs.

Norfolk

Often recognized as the country's first African American filmmaker, Oscar Micheaux established a film office in Roanoke, where he produced at least six silent movies.

Roanoke

Living in a rural mountain region with few doctors, Orleana Hawks Puckett became a midwife and successfully delivered more than 1,000 babies in her community.

Patrick and Caroll Counties