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An 18-member commission, along with input from the Library of Virginia and professors of women's history, selected the women to be honored with statues sculpted by StudioEIS in Brooklyn, New York. The granite plaza and Wall of Honor were opened in October 2018 and the monument was officially unveiled with the first seven completed statues on ...
A large monument was erected in her memory at Southview Cemetery in 1927, and in 1953 Hayden High School in Franklin was named in her honor [7] (the site is now the Hayden Village Center, a residence and community center for seniors run by Senior Citizens of Southeastern Virginia). [8]
Zillhardt earned her private pilot, instructors and commercial ratings in 1940, becoming the first woman in Virginia to earn an instrument rating pilot's license. [3] [4] she went on to operate the Woodrum Flying Service flight school and charter service. In 1949 she organized the Roanoke Jaycees All State Air Show. In 1950 she won the 1st ...
On October 14, 2019, the Virginia Women’s Monument Commission dedicated seven statues, including one of Mary Draper Ingles. The other six statues are of Anne Burras Laydon, Cockacoeske, Elizabeth Keckly, Laura Copenhaver, Virginia Randolph, and Adele Clark. The monument is sited on Capitol Square grounds in Richmond, Virginia. [40]
Statue of Laura Copenhaver included in the Virginia Women's Monument. Laura Lu Scherer Copenhaver (August 29, 1868 – December 18, 1940) was an American businesswoman. Copenhaver was a native of Marion, Virginia, where her father, the Reverend John Jacob Scherer, was the first president of Marion College. [1]
Orra Henderson Moore Gray Langhorne (March 8, 1841 – May 6, 1904) was an American writer, reformer, and an early supporter and activist for women's suffrage in Virginia. [1] Langhorne held progressive views for her time, often writing in favor of racial reconciliation, improved educational opportunities for African Americans, and women's ...
In 1925, Lovenstein became the first woman to argue a case before the Supreme Court of Virginia. [3] [4] She died on February 10, 1971, in New York. [1] In 2018, the Virginia Capitol Foundation announced that Lovenstein's name would be on the Virginia Women's Monument's glass Wall of Honor. [5]
She was quoted in an editorial in August, 1914 edition of The American Club Woman Magazine, stating "The best work of women's clubs is done in the awakening of the civic conscious." [3] Caldwell died in 1946. [2] In 2018 the Virginia Capitol Foundation announced that Caldwell's name would be on the Virginia Women's Monument's glass Wall of ...