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

Caroline County

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

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

Fredericksburg

As author of The Virginia House-Wife (1824), the first American regional cookbook, Mary Randolph transformed cooking and household management in ways that continue to influence chefs and domestic supervisors.

Chesterfield County and Richmond

Florence Saunders Farley has fought against racism and bias to open doors in science and politics for African American women in Virginia.

Roanoke and Petersburg

Taking up painting early in her sixties, Queena Stovall created works that recalled her life in rural Virginia and earned her the title the "Grandma Moses of Virginia."

Lynchburg and Amherst County

Mollie Holmes Adams helped preserve the Upper Mattaponi heritage by passing on the almost-lost art of feather weaving and recording her herbal remedies.

King William County

Edythe C. Harrison's love of music led her to help found the Virginia Opera Association.

Norfolk

Known as the "Female Elvis," Janis Martin was a pioneer rockabilly star.

Danville

Marian A. Van Landingham founded a one-of-a-kind art center in Alexandria.

Alexandria