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A House Built of Virginia Stone
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A Life Rediscovered: The Story of Emily Winfree
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Arthur Ashe Jr.’s Family Tree: Tracing the Blackwell Family to 1735
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See a rare family tree, drawn by hand on canvas, tracing Arthur Ashe, Jr.’s family.
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Carving Out Space in the Military: WAVES
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Changing the Commonwealth with Crayons
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Clementina Rind
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Colonial Cookbooks
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Colonial cookbooks contained more than just food recipes. They included home remedies for medical problems, as well as...
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Dolley Madison
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Dolley (Payne) Todd Madison (1768–1849) lived through three wars, knew eleven presidents, and was a gracious and...
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Elizabeth I
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Learn about Queen Elizabeth I.
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Elizabeth Keckley
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Born a slave in Dinwiddie County, Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley (1818–1907) purchased her freedom in 1855 and supported...
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Ella Fitzgerald's False Eyelashes (c. 1950)
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Equal Suffrage League of Virginia
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Learn about how the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia helped women gain the right to vote.
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Grace Sherwood: The "Witch of Pungo"
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300 Years After Her Conviction, Governor Restores Grace Sherwood's Good Name On July 10, 1706, a forty-six-year-old...
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How Did Civilians Suffer?
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White women and children were left to fend for themselves, and many became widows and orphans when one in five...
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Life Portrait of Pocahontas
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The only life portrait of Pocahontas (1595–1617) and the only credible image of her, was engraved by Simon Van de Passe...
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Lila (Meade) Valentine
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Read about Lila (Meade) Valentine.
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Maggie Lena Walker
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Learn about Maggie Lena Walker, the first female bank president in America.
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Martha (Dandridge) Custis Washington
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Learn about Martha (Dandridge) Custis Washington.
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Mary-Cooke Branch Munford
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Learn how Mary-Cooke Branch Munford helped improve education in Virginia.
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Murals Inspired by the Story of Virginia
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