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A best-selling novelist, Ellen Glasgow challenged southern social and cultural conventions through her writing and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1942.

Richmond

Sarah Lee Fain was one of the first two women elected to Virginia's General Assembly.

Norfolk

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

Activist Naomi Silverman Cohn advocated social legislation to improve the lives of women and children.

Richmond

Pulitzer Prize–winning author Willa Cather was acclaimed for her novels portraying the settlers and frontier life of the American Plains.

Frederick County

When elected to the House of Delegates in 1927, Nancy "Vinnie" Caldwell became one of the earliest women to serve in the Virginia General Assembly.

Carroll County

Janie Porter Barrett devoted her life to improving opportunities for young African American women through education.

Hanover County

Nancy Langhorne Astor was the first woman to serve as a member of the British Parliament.

Albemarle County

Ella Agnew was a pioneer in home demonstration work in rural Virginia early in the twentieth century.

Blacksburg

A pioneering educator, Lucy Addison developed the first accredited high school for Roanoke's African American community.

Roanoke