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Best-selling author Mary Johnston was a leader in the fight for woman suffrage in Virginia.

A highly successful photographer, Frances Benjamin Johnston's many accomplishments included documenting historic buildings of Virginia and the southeastern United States.

Fredericksburg

Artist Nora Houston was a tireless advocate for woman suffrage and social reform.

Richmond

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