How did Virginia become the amazing state that it is today you may wonder? Virginia's Remarkable Women: Daughters, Wives, Sisters, and Mothers Who Shaped History recognizes the women who shaped the Old Dominion. The lives of female teachers, writers, entrepreneurs, and artists from across the state are illuminated through short biographies.
Discover fifteen extraordinary women from Virginia's past, including Pocahontas, Martha Washington, Dolley Madison, travel writer Anne Newport Royall, pioneering banker Maggie Lena Walker, Civil War spies Belle Boyd and Elizabeth Van Lew, and poet Anne Spencer.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Pocahontas
America's Princess
Martha Washington
The First First Lady
Elizabeth Henry Russell
Madame Russell
Dolley Madison
America's Hostess
Anne Newport Royall
Travel Writer
Priscilla Cooper Tyler
From Actress to Acting First Lady
Belle Boyd and Elizabeth Van Lew
Virginia's Lady Spies
Maggie Lena Walker
Banker and Philanthropist
Edith Bolling Wilson
Acting President
Ellen Glasgow
Best-selling Author
Nancy Langhorne Astor
Member of Parliament
Anne Spencer
Heaven's Virginia
Lucy Randolph Mason
Labor Organizer
Bibliography
Index