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

Richmond

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

Richmond

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

Lynchburg

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

Lynchburg

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

Sussex County

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

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

Richmond

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

Prince William County

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

As a high school student in Farmville, Barbara Johns challenged school segregation.

Prince Edward County