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Janie Porter Barrett devoted her life to improving opportunities for young African American women through education.

Hanover County

Social reformer and activist Mary-Cooke Branch Munford advocated public school reforms, women's rights, and interracial cooperation throughout her life.

Richmond

American country singer Patsy Cline was a highly successful and influential vocalist.

Winchester

A tireless business leader and civic activist, Jessie M. Rattley was the first woman and first African American to serve as mayor of Newport News.

Newport News

As the founder and president of the First Nations Development Institute and First Peoples Worldwide, Rebecca L. Adamson strives to empower Native peoples to achieve economic independence.

Fredericksburg

Throughout her career as a teacher, Lillian Ward McDaniel advocated lifelong education and community service.

Richmond

At the time of the American Revolution, Hannah Lee Corbin believed that female property owners were unfairly taxed because they could not vote.

Westmoreland County

As a mathematician and aerospace engineer at NASA for forty years, Christine Mann Darden was a leader in researching supersonic flight and sonic booms.

Hampton

Nancy Langhorne Astor was the first woman to serve as a member of the British Parliament.

Albemarle County

A highly successful photographer, Frances Benjamin Johnston's many accomplishments included documenting historic buildings of Virginia and the southeastern United States.

Fredericksburg