Celebrating Women's History Month @ your library^®

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Renovating for the Future @ your library ^® :

March 2008
Renovating for the Future! Celebrating Women's History Month @ your library^®

Annually, the Virginia Women in History program pays tribute to Virginia women of the past and present. The program includes a panel exhibition; a poster with pictures and informative text; learning activites for schools, libraries, and museums; and an awards ceremony held every March during Women's History Month.

A dedicated supporter of both the Library of Virginia and the Virginia Women in History program, RBC Library Director Dr. Cherry attended the 2008 Virginia Women in History awards ceremony on March 27 at the Library of Virginia.

Dr. Virginia Cherry and Chief Red Hawk of the Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Tribe
at the panel exhibition depicting the 2008 Virginia Women in History poster

Although most of the Cheroenhaka now live in Southampton County,
at one time some lived in Sussex County where Dr. Cherry lives.

2008 Virginia Women in History Honorees

• Frances Culpeper Stephens Berkeley Ludwell (bap. 1634—ca. 1695)
James City County, political leader

• Edith Turner (Wané Roonseraw) (ca. 1754–1838)
Southampton County, Nottoway (Cheroenhaka) chief

• Lucy Goode Brooks (1818–1900)
Richmond, civic leader

• Providencia Velazquez Gonzalez (1917—  )
Dale City, community activist

• Isabel Wood Rogers (1924—2007)
Richmond, Presbyterian educator

• Patricia Buckley Moss (1933—  )
Waynesboro, artist and philanthropist

• Elizabeth Bermingham Lacy (1945—  )
Richmond, judge

• Sharyn McCrumb (1948—  )
Roanoke County, writer

The Library of Virginia maintains an event website with additional photos and information!

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