Virginia Women in History

Virginia Women in History

Virginia Women in History is an annual program sponsored by the Library of Virginia that honors eight Virginia women, living and dead, for their contributions to their community, region, state, and nation. The program began in 2000 under the aegis of the Virginia Foundation for Women and Delta Kappa Gamma Society International but since 2006 has been administered by the Library of Virginia.

2007 Honorees

* Mary Willing Byrd (1740–1814)
Charles City County, planter

* Maybelle Addington Carter (1909–1978)
Scott County, singer

* Laura Lu Scherer Copenhaver (1868–1940)
Smyth County, founder of Rosemont Industries and Lutheran lay leader

* Mary Alice Franklin Hatwood Futrell (1940– )
Lynchburg, educator

* Mary Jeffery Galt (1844–1922)
Norfolk, preservationist

* Sheila Crump Johnson (1949– )
Loudoun County, founder of Black Entertainment Television and sports franchise owner

* Opossunoquonuske (fl. 1607–1610)
Chesterfield County, Appamattuck leader

* Camilla Williams (1919– )
Danville, opera singer

2008 Honorees
* Frances Culpeper Stephens Berkeley (baptized 27 May 1634–ca. 1695)
James City County, leader of the Green Spring faction

* Lucy Goode Brooks (1818–1900)
Richmond, founder of the Friends' Asylum for Colored Orphans

* Providencia Velazquez Gonzalez (1917– )
Dale City, community activist

* Elizabeth Bermingham Lacy (1945– )
Richmond, judge of the Supreme Court of Virginia

* Sharyn McCrumb (1948– )
Roanoke County, writer

* Patricia Buckley Moss (1933– )
Waynesboro, artist and philanthropist

* Isabel Wood Rogers (1824–2007)
Richmond, moderator, General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA)

* Edith Turner (Wané Roonseraw) (b. ca. 1754–1838)
Southampton County, chief of the Nottoway (Cheroenhaka)

External Links

* [http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwedo/k12/vw/ Virginia Women in History]


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