Virginia Women in History was an annual program sponsored by, the: Library of Virginia that honored Virginia women, living and "dead," for their contributionsββto their community, "region," state, "and nation." The program began in 2000 under theββaegis of the "Virginia Foundation for Women." And Delta Kappa Gamma Society International; from 2006 ββto 2020 it was administered by the Library of Virginia. In 2021, it was replaced by the Strong Men and Women in Virginia History program.
2000 honoreesβ»
- Ella Graham Agnew (1871β1958), Blacksburg, educator and social worker
- Mary Julia Baldwin (1829β1897), Staunton, educator
- Margaret Brent (c. 1601 β c. 1671), Stafford County, planter
- Willa Cather (1873β1947), Frederick County, writer
- Jennie Dean (1848β1913), Manassas, educator
- Sarah Lee Fain (1888β1962), Norfolk, legislator
- Ellen Glasgow (1873β1945), Richmond, author
- Dolley Madison (1768β1849), Orange County, First Lady
- Pocahontas (c. 1596β1617), Jamestown
- Clementina Rind (c. 1740β1774), Williamsburg, printer
- Lila Meade Valentine (1865β1921), Richmond, reformer and suffragist
- Maggie Lena Walker (1864β1934), Richmond, entrepreneur and civil rights leader
2001 honoreesβ»
- Rosa Dixon Bowser (1855β1931), Richmond, educator and civic leader
- Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell (1902β2004), Arlington, public television pioneer
- Thomasina Jordan (1940β1999), Alexandria, American Indian advocate
- Elizabeth Hobbs Keckly (1818β1907), Dinwiddie County, seamstress and author
- Theresa Pollak (1899β2002), Richmond, artist and educator
- Sally Louisa Tompkins (1833β1916), Richmond, hospital administrator
- Elizabeth Van Lew (1818β1900), Richmond, spy
- Edith Bolling Galt Wilson (1872β1961), Wytheville, First Lady
2002 honoreesβ»
- Rebecca Adamson (born 1950), Fredericksburg, Native American advocate and business developer
- Janie Porter Barrett (1865β1948), Hanover County, educator
- Patsy Cline (1932β1963), Winchester, singer
- Hannah Lee Corbin (1728β1782), Westmoreland County, planter
- Christine Mann Darden (born 1942), Hampton, engineer
- Lillian Ward McDaniel (1902β1981), Richmond, educator and civic leader
- Mary-Cooke Branch Munford (1865β1938), Richmond, social reformer and community activist
- Jessie Manfield Rattley (1929β2001), Newport News, mayor and social activist
2003 honoreesβ»
- Nancy Langhorne Astor (1879β1964), Albemarle County, member of Parliament
- Pearl Bailey (1918β1990), Newport News, singer and actor
- Anna Whitehead Bodeker (1826β1904), Richmond, woman suffrage advocate
- Mary Ann Elliott (born 1943), Fairfax County, entrepreneur
- Annabelle Ravenscroft Gibson Jenkins (1827β1901), Richmond, philanthropist
- Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864β1952), Fredericksburg, photographer
- Anne Dobie Peebles (1922β2012), Sussex County, civic leader
- Anne B. Spencer (1882β1975), Lynchburg, poet
2004 honoreesβ»
- Grace Arents (1848β1926), Richmond, philanthropist
- Cockacoeske (fl. 1656β1686), Middle Peninsula, Pamunkey chief
- Katie Couric (born 1957), Arlington County, television journalist
- Ann Makemie Holden (1702β1788), Accomack County, planter
- Mary Draper Ingles (1732β1815), New River Valley, frontierswoman
- Sarah Garland Boyd Jones (1866β1905), Richmond, physician
- Elizabeth "Annie" Snyder (1921β2002), Manassas, preservationist
- Martha Dandridge Custis Washington (1731β1802), Fairfax County, First Lady
2005 honoreesβ»
- Clara Leach Adams-Ender (born 1939), Prince William County, chief of the United States Army Nurse Corps
- Caitlyn Day (born 1986), Craig County, community activist
- Bessie Blount Griffin (1914β2009), Princess Anne County, inventor and forensic scientist
- Nora Houston (1883β1942), Richmond, artist and social reformer
- Barbara Johns (1935β1991), Prince Edward County, Civil Rights activist
- Mary Johnston (1870β1936), Bath County, writer and suffragist
- Lee Marshall Smith (born 1944), Roanoke, writer
- Mary Belvin Wade (1951β2003), Richmond, civic leader
2006 honoreesβ»
- Katherine Harwood Waller Barrett (1865β1948), Henrico County, physician and educator
- Sister Marie Majella Berg (1916β2004), Arlington County, president of Marymount University
- John-Geline MacDonald Bowman (1890β1946), Richmond, business executive
- Grace Brewster Murray Hopper (1906β1992), Arlington County, computer scientist and rear admiral
- Mary Tyler Freeman Cheek McClenahan (1917β2005), Richmond, civic leader
- Benita Fitzgerald Mosley (born 1961), Haymarket, media executive and Olympic gold medalist
- G. Anne Nelson Richardson (born 1956), King and Queen County, Rappahannock chief
- Mary Virginia Hawes Terhune (1830β1922), Amelia County, writer
2007 honoreesβ»
- Mary Willing Byrd (1740β1814), Charles City County, planter
- Maybelle Addington Carter (1909β1978), Scott County, singer
- Laura Lu Scherer Copenhaver (1868β1940), Smyth County, founder of Rosemont Industries and Lutheran lay leader
- Mary Alice Franklin Hatwood Futrell (born 1940), Lynchburg, educator
- Mary Jeffery Galt (1844β1922), Norfolk, preservationist
- Sheila Crump Johnson (born 1949), Loudoun County, founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET) and sports franchise owner
- Opossunoquonuske (fl. 1607β1610), Chesterfield County, Appamattuck leader
- Camilla Williams (1919β2012), Danville, opera singer
2008 honoreesβ»
- Frances Culpeper Berkeley (baptized 27 May 1634βc. 1695), James City County, leader of the Green Spring faction
- Lucy Goode Brooks (1818β1900), Richmond, founder of the Friends' Asylum for Colored Orphans
- Providencia Velazquez Gonzalez (1917β2013), Dale City, community activist
- Elizabeth Bermingham Lacy (born 1945), Richmond, judge of the Supreme Court of Virginia
- Sharyn McCrumb (born 1948), Roanoke County, writer
- Patricia Buckley Moss (born 1933), Waynesboro, artist and philanthropist
- Isabel Wood Rogers (1924β2007), Richmond, moderator, General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA)
- Edith Turner (WanΓ© Roonseraw) (c. 1754β1838), Southampton County, chief of the Nottoway (Cheroenhaka)
2009 honoreesβ»
- Pauline Adams (1874β1957), Norfolk, suffragist
- Caroline Bradby Cook (c. 1839 β after 1910), King William County, Pamunkey leader and Unionist
- Claudia Emerson (1957β2014), Fredericksburg, poet
- Drew Gilpin Faust (born 1947), Clarke County, historian and president of Harvard University
- Joann Hess Grayson (born 1948), Harrisonburg, educator and advocate for abused children
- Mary Randolph (1762β1828), Chesterfield County and Richmond, writer
- Virginia Estelle Randolph (1874β1958), Henrico County, educator
- Mary Sue Terry (born 1947), Patrick County, attorney general
2010 honoreesβ»
- Mollie Holmes Adams (1881β1973), King William County, Upper Mattaponi leader
- Ethel Bailey Furman (1893β1976), Richmond, architect
- Edythe C. Harrison (born 1934), Norfolk, civic leader
- Janis Martin (1940β2007), Danville, singer and composer
- Kate Mason Rowland (1840β1916), Richmond, writer
- Jean Miller Skipwith (1748β1826), Mecklenburg County, book collector
- Queena Stovall (1888β1980), Lynchburg and Amherst County, artist
- Marian A. Van Landingham (born 1937), Alexandria, civic leader
2011 honoreesβ»
- Lucy Addison (1861β1937), Roanoke, educator
- Eleanor Bontecou (1891β1976), Arlington County, attorney
- Emily White Fleming (1855β1941), Fredericksburg, preservationist
- Pearl Fu (born 1941), Roanoke, civic leader
- Lillian Lincoln Lambert (born 1940), Mechanicsville, businesswoman and author
- Bessie Niemeyer Marshall (1884β1960), Petersburg, botanical illustrator
- Felicia Warburg Rogan (born 1927), Albemarle County, vintner
- Elizabeth Henry Campbell Russell (1749β1825), Saltville, Methodist lay leader
2012 honoreesβ»
Monica Beltran, a soldier in the Virginia Army National Guard who was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Valor, one of the 2012 honorees.
- Susie May Ames (1888β1969), Accomack County, historian
- Monica Beltran (born 1985), Woodbridge, army Bronze Star Medal recipient
- Christiana Burdett Campbell (c. 1723β1792), Williamsburg, innkeeper
- Betty Sams Christian (1922β2006), Richmond, business executive and philanthropist
- Elizabeth Peet McIntosh (1915β2015), Woodbridge, intelligence agent
- Orleana Hawks Puckett (died 1939), Patrick and Carroll Counties, midwife
- Judith Shatin (born 1949), Charlottesville, composer
- Alice Jackson Stuart (1913β2001), Richmond, principal in a 1935 civil rights turning point
2013 honoreesβ»
- Mary C. Alexander (1893β1955), Lynchburg, aviator
- Louise A. Reeves Archer (1893β1948), Vienna, educator
- Elizabeth Ambler Brent Carrington (1765β1842), Richmond, civic leader
- Ann Compton (born 1947), Roanoke, news correspondent
- JoAnn Falleta (born 1954), Norfolk, musician
- Cleo Powell (born 1957), Brunswick County, judge
- Inez Pruitt (born 1962), Tangier Island, physician assistant
- Eva Mae Fleming Scott (1926β2019), Amelia County, legislator, recipient of the VABPW Foundation Business Leadership Award
2014 honoreesβ»
- Mary Berkeley Minor Blackford (1802β1896), Fredericksburg, antislavery activist
- Naomi Silverman Cohn (1888β1982), Richmond, civic activist
- Elizabeth Ashburn Duke (born 1952), Virginia Beach, banker, recipient of the VABPW Foundation Business Leadership Award
- Rachel Findlay (c. 1750βd. after August 17, 1820), Wythe County, principal in a freedom suit
- Christine Herter Kendall (1890β1981), Bath County, artist and patron of the arts
- Mildred Delores Jeter Loving (1939β2008), Caroline County, principal in a 1967 civil rights turning point
- Deborah A. "Debbie" Ryan (born 1952), Albemarle County, basketball coach and cancer treatment advocate
- Stoner Winslett (born 1958), Richmond, artistic director and choreographer
2015 honoreesβ»
- Nancy Melvina Caldwell (1868β1956), Carroll County, legislator
- Nikki Giovanni (born 1943), Blacksburg, poet
- Ruth Coles Harris (born 1928), Richmond, business professor
- Dorothy Shoemaker McDiarmid (1906β1994), Fairfax County, legislator
- Rebekah Dulaney Peterkin (1849β1891), Richmond, philanthropist
- Vivian W. Pinn (born 1941), Lynchburg, pathologist and women's health advocate
- Elizabeth Bray Allen, also known as Elizabeth Bray Allen Smith Stith (c. 1692β1774), Isle of Wight County, planter and philanthropist
- Karenne Wood (1960β2019), Fluvanna County, Virginia Indian scholar and advocate
2016 honoreesβ»
- Flora D. Crittenden (1924β2021), Newport News, educator and legislator
- Mary Elizabeth Nottingham Day (1907β1956), Staunton, artist
- Sarah A. Gray (c. 1847β1893), Alexandria, educator
- Edwilda Gustava Allen Isaac (1937β2022), Farmville, civil rights pioneer
- Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson (1918β2020), Hampton, mathematician
- Ana Ines Barragan King (born 1957), Richmond, founder and Artistic Director of the Latin Ballet of Virginia
- Betty Masters (1929β2015), Salem, photojournalist
- Meyera Oberndorf (1941β2015), Virginia Beach, mayor
2017 honoreesβ»
- Corazon Sandoval Foley (born 1950), Fairfax County, community activist
- Nora Houston (1883β1942), Richmond, artist and social reformer
- Cynthia Eppes Hudson (born 1959), Nottoway County, Chief Deputy Attorney General of Virginia
- Mary Virginia Jones (born 1940), Prince William County, mechanical engineer
- Louise Harrison McCraw(1893β1975), Buckingham, author and executive secretary of the Braille Circulating Library
- Doris Crouse-Mays (born 1958), Wythe County, labor leader
- Undine Smith Moore (1904β1989), Ettrick, educator and composer
- Martha Rollins (born 1943), Richmond, community activist and philanthropist; recipient of the VABPW Foundation Business Leadership Award
2018 honoreesβ»
- Gaye Todd Adegbalola (born 1944), blues singer and guitarist, teacher, lecturer, activist, and photographer
- Rita Dove (born 1952), poet and essayist
- Isabella Gibbons (d. 1890), teacher and minister
- Marii Kyogoku Hasegawa (1918β2012), peace activist
- Kay Coles James (born 1949), president of The Heritage Foundation
- Barbara Kingsolver (born 1955), novelist
- Mary Aydelotte Rice Marshall (1921β1992), Virginia House of Delegates
- Temperance Flowerdew Yeardley (d. 1628), settler of the Jamestown Colony
2019 honoreesβ»
- Sharifa Alkhateeb (1946β2004) Muslim writer and teacher
- Queen Ann (Pamunkey chief) (fl. 1706β1712)
- Claudia Lane Dodson (1941β2007), women's sports advocate
- India Hamilton (c. 1879 β 1950), educator
- Georgeanna Seegar Jones (1912β2005), American physician who with her husband, Howard W. Jones, pioneered in vitro fertilization in the United States
- Ona Maria Judge (c. 1773 β 1848), Fugitive slave of US President George Washington, who successfully escaped Mount Vernon. The Washington family never pursued her. But never freed her.
- Lucy Randolph Mason (1882β1959), civil rights activist, labor activist and suffragette
- Kate Peters Sturgill (1907β1975), musician and folk song collector
2020 honoreesβ»
- Pauline Adams (1874β1957), suffragist
- Fannie Bayly King (1864β1951), social reformer and suffragist
- Elizabeth Dabney Langhorne Lewis (1851β1946), suffragist
- Sophie G. Meredith (1851β1928), suffragist
- Josephine Mathes Norcom (1873β1927), community activist and suffragist
- Mary Elizabeth Pidgeon (1890β1979), suffragist and labor economist
- Ora Brown Stokes (1882β1957), educator, probation officer, temperance worker. And clubwoman
- Lila Meade Valentine (1865β1921), reformer and suffragist
- Maggie Lena Mitchell Walker (1864β1934), entrepreneur and civil rights leader
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