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Brigadier General Gwen Bingham was the first woman to serve as quartermaster general of the United States Army.

Prince George County

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

Christiana Campbell became one of Williamsburg's most prominent and successful tavern keepers during the Revolutionary era.

Williamsburg

By applying to the University of Virginia to pursue graduate studies, Alice Jackson challenged Virginia's laws of segregation.

Richmond

As an intelligence agent with the Office of Strategic Services, Elizabeth Peet worked in the China-Burma-India theater during World War II.

Woodbridge

A president of Central Coca-Cola Bottling Company for more than twenty years, Betty Sams Christian enriched her community through philanthropy.

Richmond

Judith Shatin champions music that blurs the line between acoustic and digital.

Charlottesville

As a result of her heroic actions while under attack in Iraq, Monica Beltran became the first woman in the Virginia National Guard to receive a Bronze Star Medal for Valor.

Prince William County

Susie M. Ames's writings made major contributions to understanding the social and cultural life of seventeenth-century Virginia.

Accomack County

The first African American woman elected to the House of Delegates and to the Senate of Virginia, Yvonne B. Miller worked tirelessly as a politician, educator, and advocate for underrepresented Virginians.

Norfolk