Virginia Women in History

2007 honorees

• Mary Willing Byrd, Charles City County, planter
• Maybelle Addington Carter, Scott County, singer
• , Smyth County, founder of Rosemont Industries and Lutheran lay leader
• , Lynchburg, educator
• , Norfolk, preservationist
• Sheila Crump Johnson, Loudoun County, founder of Black Entertainment Television and sports franchise owner
• Opossunoquonuske, Chesterfield County, Appamattuck leader
• Camilla Williams, Danville, opera singer

  2008 honorees

• Frances Culpeper Berkeley, James City County,
• , Richmond,
• , Dale City, community activist
• Elizabeth Bermingham Lacy, Richmond, judge of the Supreme Court of Virginia
• Sharyn McCrumb, Roanoke County, writer
• Patricia Buckley Moss, Waynesboro, artist and philanthropist
• , Richmond, moderator, General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
• Edith Turner , Southampton County, chief of the Nottoway

  2009 honorees

• , Norfolk,
• , King William County, Pamunkey leader and Unionist
• Claudia Emerson, Fredericksburg, poet
• Drew Gilpin Faust, Clarke County, historian and president of Harvard University
• , Harrisonburg, educator and advocate for abused children
• Mary Randolph, Chesterfield County and Richmond, writer
• Virginia Estelle Randolph, Henrico County, educator
• Mary Sue Terry, Patrick County, attorney general

  2010 honorees

• Mollie Holmes Adams, King William County, Upper Mattaponi leader
• Ethel Bailey Furman, Richmond, architect
• , Norfolk, civic leader
• Janis Martin, Danville, singer and composer
• Kate Mason Rowland, Richmond, writer
• Jean Miller Skipwith, Mecklenburg County, book collector
• Queena Stovall, Lynchburg and Amherst County, artist
• Marian A. Van Landingham, Alexandria, civic leader

  2011 honorees

• Lucy Addison, Roanoke, educator
• Eleanor Bontecou, Arlington County, attorney
• , Fredericksburg, preservationist
• , Roanoke, civic leader
• Lillian Lincoln Lambert, Mechanicsville, businesswoman and author
• , Petersburg, botanical illustrator
• , Albemarle County, vintner
• Elizabeth Henry Campbell Russell, Saltville, Methodist lay leader

  2012 honorees

• Susie May Ames, Accomack County, historian
• Monica Beltran, Woodbridge, army Bronze Star Medal recipient
• Christiana Burdett Campbell,
• Betty Sams Christian, Richmond, business executive and philanthropist
• Elizabeth Peet McIntosh, Woodbridge, intelligence agent
• Orleana Hawks Puckett, Patrick and Carroll Counties, midwife
• Judith Shatin, Charlottesville, composer
• Alice Jackson Stuart, Richmond, principal in a 1935 civil rights turning point

  2013 honorees

• , Lynchburg, aviator
• , Vienna, educator
• , Richmond, civic leader
• Ann Compton, Roanoke, news correspondent
• JoAnn Falleta, Norfolk, musician
• Cleo Powell, Brunswick County, judge
• Inez Pruitt, Tangier Island, physician assistant
• Eva Mae Fleming Scott, Amelia County, legislator, recipient of the VABPW Foundation Business Leadership Award

  2014 honorees

• ,
• , Richmond, civic activist
• Elizabeth Ashburn Duke, Virginia Beach, banker, recipient of the VABPW Foundation Business Leadership Award
• , Wythe County, principal in a freedom suit
• Christine Herter Kendall, Bath County, artist and patron of the arts
• , Caroline County, principal in a 1967 civil rights turning point
• Deborah A. "Debbie" Ryan, Albemarle County, basketball coach and cancer treatment advocate
• , Richmond, artistic director and choreographer

  2015 honorees

• Nancy Melvina Caldwell, Carroll County, legislator
• Nikki Giovanni, Blacksburg, poet
• , Richmond, business professor
• Dorothy Shoemaker McDiarmid, Fairfax County, legislator
• Rebekah Dulaney Peterkin, Richmond, philanthropist
• , Lynchburg, pathologist and women's health advocate
• , Isle of Wight County, planter and philanthropist
• Karenne Wood, Fluvanna County, Virginia Indian scholar and advocate

  2016 honorees

• Flora D. Crittenden, Newport News, educator and legislator
• Mary Elizabeth Nottingham Day, Staunton, artist
• Sarah A. Gray, Alexandria, educator
• Edwilda Gustava Allen Isaac, Farmville, civil rights pioneer
• Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson, Hampton, mathematician
• Ana Ines Barragan King, Richmond, founder and Artistic Director of the Latin Ballet of Virginia
• Betty Masters, Salem, photojournalist
• Meyera Oberndorf, Virginia Beach, mayor

  2017 honorees

• Corazon Sandoval Foley Fairfax County, Community Activist
• Nora Houston Richmond, Artist and Social Reformer
• Cynthia Eppes Hudson Nottoway County, Chief Deputy Attorney General of Virginia
• Mary Virginia Jones Prince William County, Mechanical Engineer
• Louise Harrison McCraw Buckingham, Author and Executive Secretary of the Braille Circulating Library
• Doris Crouse-Mays Wythe County, Labor Leader
• Undine Smith Moore Ettrick, Educator and Composer
• Martha Rollins Richmond, Community Activist and Philanthropist. Recipient of the VABPW Foundation Business Leadership Award

  2018 honorees

• Gaye Todd Adegbalola
• Rita Dove
• Isabella Gibbons
• Marii Kyogoku Hasegawa
• Kay Coles James
• Barbara Kingsolver
• Mary Aydelotte Rice Marshall
• Temperance Flowerdew Yeardley

  2019 honorees

• Sharifa Alkhateeb
• Queen Ann
• Claudia Lane Dodson
• India Hamilton
• Georgeanna Seegar Jones
• Ona Maria Judge
• Lucy Randolph Mason
• Kate Peters Sturgill