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Women's History

Women’s history is made up of work such as running a household and raising children, as well as female contributions in professional, civic, and cultural arenas. Generations of Virginia women pushed to break barriers in male-dominated fields and to effect change in their communities. Their fight for voting rights, equal opportunities, and gender equality continues to shape the Commonwealth.

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16,000 BCE to 1622 CE
A Land of Opportunity: Creating Virginia
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1623 to 1763
A Distant Dominion
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1764 to 1824
From British Colony to American State
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1825 to 1860
Challenge of a New Century
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1861 to 1876
Civil War and Reconstruction
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1877 to 1924
Virginia in the New South
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1925 to Today
Dynamic Dominion

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