Voices from the Garden: The Virginia Women’s Monument WALL OF HONOR
Em Bowles Locker Alsop Hazel K. Barger Pocahontas (Matoaka) Janie Porter Barrett Kate Waller Barrett Anne Burras Laydon M. Majella Berg Cockacoeske Frances Berkeley Martha Washington Ann Bignall Mary Draper Ingles Aline E. Black Clementina Rind Mary Blackford Elizabeth Keckly Catherine Blaikley Sally L. Tompkins Florence A. Blanchfield Maggie L. Walker Anna Bland Sarah G. Jones Cynthia Boatwright Laura S. Copenhaver Elisabeth S. Bocock Virginia E. Randolph Anna W. Bodeker Adèle Clark Carrie J. Bolden Mary Marshall Bolling Pauline F. Adams Matilda M. Booker Mollie Adams Gladys Boone Lucy Addison Dorothy Rouse Bottom Mary Aggie Geline MacDonald Bowman Ella G. Agnew Mary Richards Bowser Mary C. Alexander Rosa D. Bowser Sharifa Alkhateeb Belle Boyd Susie M. Ames Sarah Patton Boyle Eleanor Copenhaver Anderson Mildred Bradshaw V. C. Andrews Lucy Goode Brooks Orie Moon Andrews Belle S. Bryan Ann (Pamunkey chief) Mary E. Brydon Grace Arents Annabel Morris Buchanan Nancy Astor Dorothea D. Buck Addie D. Atkinson Pattie Buford Anne Bailey Evelyn T. Butts Odessa P. Bailey Mary Willing Byrd Mary Julia Baldwin Sadie Heath Cabaniss Lucy Barbour Mary Virginia Ellet Cabell
Voices from the Garden: The Virginia Women’s Monument WALL OF HONOR
Willie Walker Caldwell Rachel Findlay Edith Lindeman Calisch Edith Fitzgerald Christiana Campbell Ella Fitzgerald Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell Eve D. Fout Eliza J. Carrington Ethel Bailey Furman Maybelle Carter Elizabeth Furness Sara Carter Mary Jeffery Galt Virginia Cary Charlotte C. Giesen Ruth Harvey Charity Ellen Glasgow Jean Outland Chrysler Meta Glass Patsy Cline Thelma Young Gordon Matty L. Cocke Nancy Hale Sarah Johnson Cocke India Hamilton Naomi S. Cohn Dorothy Hamm Cynthia B. T. Coleman Marion Harland Edna M. Colson Laura Jane Harper Esther I. Cooper Jean Harris Hannah Lee Corbin Orie Latham Hatcher Ann Cotton Della I. Hayden Lucy Ann Cox Mary Rice Hayes-Allen Daphne Dailey Sally Hemings Margaret Dashiell Rachel Henderlite Jo Ann Davis Helen T. Henderson Grace E. Davis Susanne Hirt Jennie Dean Ann Makemie Holden Helen Dewar Judith Hope Emily W. Dinwiddie Grace Hopper Claudia Dodson Nora Houston Bertha L. Douglass Mary W. Jackson M. Estelle Eley Annabella R. Jenkins Virginia Randolph Ellett Kate Jeter Margaret Erskine Florence Jodzies Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans Barbara Johns Sarah Lee Fain Julia Johns Lillie Fearnow Mary Johnston
Voices from the Garden: The Virginia Women’s Monument WALL OF HONOR
Mary Johnston-Brittain Undine Smith Moore Georgeanna Jones Georgia Weston Morgan Thomasina E. Jordan Irene Morgan Ona Judge Mary-Cooke Branch Munford May L. Keller Elizabeth Nottingham Emma V. Kelley Opossunoquonuske Christine Herter Kendall Elizabeth L. Otey Lucille Chaffin Kent Mary Morton Parsons Elizabeth Key Nina K. Peace Ellen G. Kidd Mary Peake Alice Kyle Rebekah Peterkin Henrietta Lacks L. Marian Poe Anna Maria Lane Theresa Pollak Orra Langhorne Amelia E. P. Pride Irene Leache Orleana Puckett Edna Lewis Caroline F. Putnam Elizabeth D. Lewis Mary Randolph Matilda Lindsay Jessie M. Rattley Judith Lomax Eudora Ramsay Richardson Rebecca Lovenstein Isabel Rogers Louise O'Connor Lucas Wané Roonseraw Mary Tyler Cheek McClenahan Dorothy Roy Dorothy S. McDiarmid Elizabeth Russell Sarah Madden Nellie Pratt Russell Dolley Madison Marion duPont Scott Pauline F. Maloney Mary Wingfield Scott Miriam D. Mann Eleanor P. Sheppard Bessie N. Marshall Grace Sherwood Lucy Randolph Mason Catherine Filene Shouse Vivian Carter Mason Henrietta Shuck Amaza Lee Meredith Jean Skipwith Alice duPont Mills Isabel Dodge Sloane Jane Minor Louise J. Smith Nannie J. Minor Anne Spencer Lottie Moon Elizabeth Allen Smith
Voices from the Garden: The Virginia Women’s Monument WALL OF HONOR
Annie Snyder Lila Meade Valentine Ora B. Stokes Elizabeth Van Lew Kathryn H. Stone Mary B. Wade Queena Stovall Mabel Lee Walton Mary C. Stowers Melissa Warfield Alice Jackson Stuart Laura Martin Wheelwright Kate Peters Sturgill Edith Bolling Wilson Evelyn Reid Syphax Jean Wood Elizabeth N. Tompkins Helen Wood Amélie Rives Troubetzkoy Temperance Flowerdew Yeardley Lucile Barrow Turner Martha Anne Woodrum Zillhardt
Background & Criteria for Nominations to the Wall of Honor The Virginia Women’s Monument Commission sought nominations from across the Commonwealth of women who should be considered to have their names inscribed on the Wall of Honor. The Commission enlisted the help of distinguished historians in choosing women to be honored, and ample room will be left on the wall for additional names to be added periodically in years to come.
• The nominee must have been a native Virginian or have lived a great portion of her life in Virginia, and be known and recognized as a Virginian, or have achieved or contributed in a significant manner while living in Virginia. • Must no longer be living and have died at least ten years prior to consideration. • The nominee must have demonstrated notable achievement, made a significant contribution, or set an important example, within her chosen field of endeavor, her region or at the state or national level. Significance will be assessed within the context of what was customary for a woman to have achieved or contributed in the context of the particular time, place and circumstances in which she lived and worked. • Consideration will be given to representation from each century of Virginia history and each region of the state, and to the full range of backgrounds from which women came and the many of the fields of endeavor in which they were involved.
The names inscribed on the Wall of Honor are not meant to be a comprehensive list of Virginia’s most notable women. Rather, the names are intended to represent the many inspiring women who made significant contributions or achievements during their lifetimes.