Virginia Women in History was an annual program sponsored by the Library of Virginia that honored Virginia women, living and dead, for their contributions...

The written history of Virginia begins with documentation by the first Spanish explorers to reach the area in the 16th century, when it was occupied chiefly...

profitable export from Virginia, and black women were bred to increase the number of enslaved people for the slave trade. In 1661, the Virginia General Assembly...

Women's history is the study of the role that women have played in history and the methods required to do so. It includes the study of the history of the...

interracial marriages. In 2014, Mildred Loving was honored as one of the Library of Virginia's "Virginia Women in History". In 2017, the Virginia Department of...

of Virginia Literary Awards". Library of Virginia. Retrieved March 10, 2014. "Virginia Women in History 2018 Barbara Kingsolver". www.lva.virginia.gov...

The history of women in the United States encompasses the lived experiences and contributions of women throughout American history. The earliest women living...

in Virginia". Virginia Places. Retrieved 21 January 2019. "Women Slaves in Colonial Virginia | History of American Women". History of American Women....

The history of West Virginia stems from the 1861 Wheeling Convention, which was an assembly of northwestern Virginian Southern Unionists, who aimed to...

Facts". "Virginia Women in History". Lva.virginia.gov. June 30, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2016. Heim, Joe (July 2, 2015). "A renowned Virginia Indian...

farther from the City of Franklin. More Virginia counties are named for women than in any other state. Virginia's postal abbreviation is VA and its FIPS...

opened its doors with moonshining women from the hills of West Virginia, 174 women had been sent to the facility in the first year of operation before...

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Richmond, Virginia, United States Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the Great Indian Warpath...

classics and history, coming into contact with early reformers of women's higher education and the women's rights movement. After her father's death in 1904,...

4, 1952) is a former women's basketball coach who coached at the University of Virginia. Ryan also coached the American women's basketball team at the...

university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. It was founded as the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1872. The university also has...

base. Virginia's history begins with several Indigenous groups, including the Powhatan. In 1607, the London Company established the Colony of Virginia as...

husband to claim it. Flowerdew was named one of the Virginia Women in History by the Library of Virginia in 2018. Mrs. Temperance Barrow sailed for Jamestown...

earlier when they acted in a play together. In 2007 Johnson was honored as one of the Library of Virginia's "Virginia Women in History" for her career and...

goes." In 2009 Randolph was posthumously honored as one of the Library of Virginia's "Virginia Women in History". In 1999, the state of Virginia erected...

West Virginia is a landlocked state in the Southern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania to the north and east...

The Virginia Women's Monument is a state memorial in Richmond, Virginia commemorating the contributions of Virginia women to the history of the Commonwealth...

for Spoken Word GRAMMY", Virginia Tech News, January 9, 2003. "Virginia Women in History: Nikki Giovanni". Library of Virginia. Retrieved March 4, 2015...

athletics programs. Virginia leads the ACC with 23 NCAA Championships in men's sports. The program has added eleven NCAA titles in women's sports for a grand...

the Virginia-Indian Treaty of Middle Plantation. In 2004 Cockacoeske was honored as one of the Library of Virginia's "Virginia Women in History". The...

The history of Richmond, Virginia, as a modern city, dates to the early 17th century, and is crucial to the development of the colony of Virginia, the...

also recognized in ABC News' Emmy and Peabody awards. In 2013, Compton was named one of the Library of Virginia's "Virginia Women in History". She has served...

Patsy Cline (born Virginia Patterson Hensley; September 8, 1932 – March 5, 1963) was an American singer. She is considered one of the most influential...

Virginia Halas McCaskey (née Virginia Marion Halas; January 5, 1923) is an American football executive who is the principal owner of the Chicago Bears...

The history of the University of Virginia opens with its conception by Thomas Jefferson at the beginning of the early 19th century. The university was...