Maureen Wall
Irish historian
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Eliza Harriot O’Connor
Elizabeth “Eliza” Harriot Barons O’Connor was the first woman public lecturer in the United States, as well as a promoter of female education.
Esther Georgia Irving Cooper
Esther Georgia Irving Cooper was a civil rights leader in Arlington County, Virginia.
Lila Meade Valentine
Lila Meade Valentine was an American suffragist, education reformer, and public-health advocate.
Katherine Wilson
Irish republican, civil servant, and teacher
Mary-Cooke Branch Munford
Mary-Cooke Branch Munford was an advocate of woman suffrage, interracial cooperation, education, health, and labor reforms.
Virginia Estelle Randolph
Virginia Estelle Randolph, born of formerly enslaved parents in Richmond, was a pioneering educator, community health advocate, organizational leader, and humanitarian.
Sarah Lee Fain
Sarah Lee Fain was one of the first two women elected to serve in the Virginia General Assembly following ratification in 1920 of the Nineteenth Amendment.
Frances Farmer
Frances Farmer was a law librarian and the first female law professor at the University of Virginia.
Cornelia Storrs Adair
Cornelia Storrs Adair served as president of the National Education Association (NEA), a teachers’ union, from 1927 to 1928, the first classroom teacher to be elected to that position.