Virginia Changemakers
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At a time when women had few rights, Ann Makemie Holden managed her large plantation on the Eastern Shore and strove to uphold the ideals of the American Revolution.
Accomack County

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In 1870 Anna Whitehead Bodeker founded the first woman suffrage association in Virginia.
Richmond

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Annabella Ravenscroft Gibson Jenkins established a hospital in Richmond that accepted all patients regardless of their ability to pay.
Richmond

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An advocate for civil rights, Anne Spencer was also a noted poet of the Harlem Renaissance.
Lynchburg

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Harlem Renaissance poet Anne B. Spencer was also an advocate for the civil rights of African Americans.
Lynchburg

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Throughout her life, Anne Dobie Peebles was a relentless advocate for public education and health-care improvements for all Virginians.
Sussex County

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Annie Belle Daniels, the founder of the Madam Daniels School of Beauty Culture, is an influential civil rights and political activist in Newport News.
Newport News

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Tennis champion Arthur Ashe was an advocate for human dignity around the world.
Richmond

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A native of Pakistan, Atif Qarni is currently the secretary of education for the Commonwealth of Virginia
Prince William County

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A native of Rwanda,Baraka Kasongo is a lieutenant with the Roanoke City Fire Department and the founder of Volatia Language Network, which provides interpretation and translation services.
Roanoke
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