Browse Items (39 total)
- Tags: Business and Entrepreneurship
John-Geline MacDonald Bowman
John-Geline MacDonald Bowman helped establish business and professional organizations for Virginia women and served as president of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs.
Richmond
Themes: Business and Entrepreneurship
Kyung Jun
A native of South Korea,Kyung Jun earned a degree in cosmetology and is a leader in the Korean community in Northern Virginia.
Alexandria
Themes: Business and Entrepreneurship
L. Louise Lucas
As a community activist, entrepreneur, and state senator, L. Louise Lucas has been a tireless advocate for residents of southeastern Virginia.
Portsmouth
Laura Lu Scherer Copenhaver
As founder of Rosemont Industries and as a Lutheran lay leader, Laura Lu Scherer Copenhaver advocated strategies for improving educational and economic opportunities in southwestern Virginia.
Smyth County
Themes: Business and Entrepreneurship, Religion
Lillian Lincoln Lambert
Overcoming racial and gender prejudices, Lillian Lincoln Lambert became the first African American woman to earn an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
Mechanicsville
Themes: Business and Entrepreneurship, Education
Maggie Lena Walker
Businesswoman and community activist Maggie Walker was the first African American woman to charter and serve as president of a bank.
Richmond
Margaret Brent
A prominent Catholic in the Maryland colony, Margaret Brent later settled in Virginia where she and her siblings acquired extensive property and provided a refuge for Catholic colonists.
Stafford County
Themes: Business and Entrepreneurship
Mary Willing Byrd
Mary Willing Byrd preserved her children's property during the American Revolution and eloquently defended herself against charges of loyalism.
Charles City County
Themes: Business and Entrepreneurship
Mohammad Hassanzada
A native of Afghanistan,Mohammad Hassanzadais the owner of Tribal Rug Gallery in Roanoke.
Afghanistan
Themes: Business and Entrepreneurship
Pedro Sanchez and Loida Tema
Natives of Mexico and Guatemala, Pedro builds and repairspoultry shipping crates on Eastern Shore, and Loida is raising their four children.
Eastern Shore
Themes: Business and Entrepreneurship