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Lila Meade Valentine founded the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia in 1909. When the vote for women finally was allowed in 1920, she was too ill to cast a ballot.
Adele Clark was a major figure in Richmond art and politics for nearly seventy years and a founding member of the Equal Suffrage League.
In addition to her work as a suffragist, Mary Munford championed both the advancement of women in education and the improvement of public education and race relations.
In addition to registering women of color to vote, Janie Porter Barrett founded several schools for African American girls, including the Industrial School for Colored Girls in Hanover County. |