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Elizabeth "Annie" Snyder
From her cattle farm in Prince William County, Annie Snyder fought successfully to preserve the land around the Civil War battlefield at Manassas.
Manassas
Grace Brewster Murray Hopper
Nicknamed "Grandma COBOL," Grace Brewster Murray Hopper was a pioneer in computer science and the first woman to achieve the rank of rear admiral in the United States Navy.
Arlington County
Monica Beltran
As a result of her heroic actions while under attack in Iraq, Monica Beltran became the first woman in the Virginia National Guard to receive a Bronze Star Medal for Valor.
Prince William County
Clara Leach Adams-Ender
Chief of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps, Clara Adams-Ender was the first African American woman to command a major army base.
Prince William County
Florence Farley
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
Christopher Howard
Christopher Bernard Howard sets an example for Hampden-Sydney students and for everyone through his impressive sum of service to the country and youth-enrichment efforts in Africa and the United States.
Hampden-Sydney
Dangerfield Newby
Dangerfield Newby was one of five African Americans who took up arms against slavery with fellow abolitionist John Brown at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in October 1859.
Culpeper County