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

Lynchburg

Mary Ann Elliott is a pioneer in wireless and satellite telecommunications technology and a role model for women in her field.

Fairfax County

Pearl Bailey was an award winning singer and actor who was also recognized for her humanitarian efforts.

Newport News

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

Sussex County

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

Sarah Garland Boyd Jones was the first African American woman to pass the Virginia Medical Examining Board's examination.

Richmond

Award-winning television journalist Katie Couric was the first woman to anchor an evening newscast for a major network in the United States.

Arlington County

From her cattle farm in Prince William County, Annie Snyder fought successfully to preserve the land around the Civil War battlefield at Manassas.

Manassas

Pamunkey chief Cockacoeske signed the 1677 Treaty of Middle Plantation with the English and reunited several tribes under her authority.

Middle Peninsula