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Rebekah Dulaney Peterkin
Concerned about the plight of the working poor in Richmond, Rebekah Peterkin organized Sheltering Arms Hospital to provide free medical care.
Richmond
Elizabeth Hobbs Keckly
Seamstress Elizabeth Keckly bought her freedom and later served as dressmaker for Mary Todd Lincoln at the White House.
Dinwiddie County
Annabelle Ravenscroft Gibson Jenkins
Annabella Ravenscroft Gibson Jenkins established a hospital in Richmond that accepted all patients regardless of their ability to pay.
Richmond
Sarah A. Gray
A teacher and principal for more than thirty years, Sarah A. Gray had a profound influence on the education of African Americans in Alexandria.
Alexandria
Mary Jeffery Galt
Mary Jeffery Galt helped found the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.
Norfolk
Emily White Fleming
Emily White Fleming preserved numerous Fredericksburg landmarks for future generations.
Fredericksburg
Jennie Dean
Born enslaved, Jennie Dean founded a school for African Americans in Manassas.
Manassas
Caroline Bradby Cook
A Unionist during the Civil War, Caroline Bradby Cook protected, preserved, and passed on the Pamunkey heritage.
King William County
Lucy Goode Brooks
Having experienced as a slave the devastation of separated families, Lucy Goode Brooks founded the Friends’ Asylum for Colored Orphans.
Richmond
Rosa Dixon Bowser
Social reformer Rosa Dixon Bowser was an advocate for civil rights and educational opportunities for African Americans.
Richmond