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Esther Cooper
Esther Cooper fought for improved educational opportunities for African American students in Arlington County.
Arlington County
Ethel Bailey Furman
Ethel Bailey Furman was one of the earliest African American women to work as an architect in Virginia.
Richmond
Eva Mae Fleming Scott
A pharmacist, Eva Fleming Scott was the first woman elected to the Senate of Virginia.
Amelia County
Evelyn Butts
Evelyn Thomas Butts led a successful challenge of Virginia’s poll tax all the way to the United States Supreme Court.
Norfolk
Evelyn Reid Syphax
Evelyn Reid Syphax served the needs of her community as an educator, businesswoman, and local historian.
Arlington County
Fannie Bayly King
Civic leader Fannie B. King encouraged educational and public health reforms in addition to advocating woman suffrage.
Staunton
Fannie W. Fitzgerald
Fannie W. Fitzgerald pioneered the integration of Prince William County Schools amid her 35-year career as an educator in Virginia schools.
Prince William County
Farideh Goldin
A native of Iran,Farideh Goldinis the author of Leaving Iran: Between Migration and Exile and Wedding Song: Memoirs of an Iranian Jewish Woman.
Norfolk
Felicia Warburg Rogan
Felicia Warburg Rogan's efforts to promote Virginia's wine industry have earned her the title "the First Lady of Virginia Wine."
Albemarle County
Fields Cook
Born into slavery, Fields Cook became a prominent African American leader in Richmond and Alexandria in the aftermath of the Civil War.
Richmond and Alexandria