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In 1985 Mary Sue Terry became the first woman elected to statewide office in Virginia.

Patrick County

A clinical psychologist and professor at James Madison University, Joann Hess Grayson is an advocate for abused and neglected children.

Harrisonburg

An influential historian of the American South and the Civil War, Drew Gilpin Faust is the first woman to serve as president of Harvard University.

Clarke County

Claudia Emerson received the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and is Virginia's poet laureate.

Fredericksburg

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

Henrico County

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

Norfolk

Evelyn Thomas Butts led a successful challenge of Virginia’s poll tax all the way to the United States Supreme Court.

Norfolk

Edna Lewis created nationwide interest in southern cuisine and demonstrated that food could be more than just nourishment, but also a celebration of life.

Orange County

John Cephas has become a world ambassador representing the Virginia Piedmont Blues tradition.

Caroline County

Oliver White Hill served as counsel in the groundbreaking Brown v. Board of Education case in 1954.

Richmond