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Slideshow of Historical Markers Highlighting African American Women

Ella Fitzgerald singing with band.For Black History Month in 2020, DHR created this slideshow compilation of 33 state historical markers about African American women whose contributions made a difference in Virginia (and in the nation’s) history.

Photo: Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996) was born in Newport News, Va. Marker W-70-a recalls her career. The photo shows her in 1947 with Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Brown, Milt (Milton) Jackson, and Timmie Rosenkrantz. (Library of Congress)

 

 

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Silhouette of woman
Elizabeth Keckly
Mary Smith Peake
Crying Tree
Lucy Goode Brooks
Shows locale of Perry's home.
Della Irving Hayden
Martha E. Forrester
Janie Porter Barrett
Sissieretta Jones
Virginia E. Randolph
Historical image of Gibson High School
Lucy D. Slowe
Anne Spencer in wedding dress
Amaza Lee Meredith
Nellie Pratt Russell
Va. Federation of Colored Women's Clubs pamphlet cover
Isabella Lightfoot and students.
Record album cover of Flora Molton
Pauline Weeden Maloney
Cover of Undine Smith Moore LP album
Screenshot of video interview of Pauline C. Morton
Pearl Bailey publicity photo
Girl Scout Troop #37
Ella Fitzgerald singing with band.
U.S. postage stamp of Dorothy Height
Newspaper Washington Afro-American headlines Morgan v. Virginia decision
Ella Baker
Henrietta Lacks
Mary Winston Jackson
Cover of Ruth Brown LP record album
Jessie Menifield Rattley
Marker NP-13 (in York Co.): Mary Aggie and the Benefit of Clergy
Marker S-85 (in Dinwiddie Co.): Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley (1818-1907)
Marker W-97 (in Hampton): Mary Smith Kelsey Peake
Marker KD-14 (in Smyth Co.): "The Crying Tree"
Marker SA-78 (in Richmond): Friends Asylum for Colored Orphans
Marker Q-6-30 (in Lynchburg): Amelia Perry Pride's Dorchester Home
Marker U-133 (in City of Franklin): Della Irving Hayden (ca. 1855-1924)
Marker I-26 (in Farmville): Martha E. Forrester (1863-1951)
Marker ND-12 (in Hanover Co.): Janie Porter Barrett--(9 Aug. 1865-27 Aug. 1948)
Marker Q-8-w (in Portsmouth): Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones (1869-1933)
Marker W-221 (in Henrico Co.): Virginia Estelle Randolph
Marker KM-8 (in Bedford Co.): Susie G. Gibson High School
Marker J-43 (in Clarke Co.): Lucy Diggs Slowe (4 Jul. 1883-21 Oct. 1937)
Marker Q-6-20 (in Lynchburg): The Anne Spencer House--1313 Pierce Street
Marker K-338 (in Chesterfield Co.): Amaza Lee Meredith (1895-1984)
Marker S-92 (in Brunswick Co.): Nellie Pratt Russell (1890-1979)
Marker W-106 (in Hampton): Virginia State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs
Marker JJ-33 (in Orange Co.): Isabella Lightfoot Training School
Marker W-212-A (in Louisa Co.): Flora Molton (1908-1990)
Marker Q-6-31 (in Lynchburg): Pauline Weeden Maloney (1904-1987)
Marker QA-28 (in Petersburg): Undine Smith Moore (1904-1989)
Marker U-132 (in City of Franklin): Pauline Cauthorne Morton (1912-2004)
Marker (to be erected in Hampton): Dorothy Johnson Vaughan (1910-2008)
Marker W-172 (in Newport News): Pearl Bailey (1918-2000)
Marker SA-107 (in Richmond): First Southern African American Girl Scouts
Marker W-70-a (in Newport News): Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996)
Marker SA-87 (in Richmond): Dorothy Height (1912-2010)
Marker NW-7 (in Gloucester Co.): The Irene Morgan Story Begins
Marker KV-20 (in Norfolk): Ella J. Baker (1903 - 1986)
Marker U-35 (in Halifax Co.): Henrietta Lacks (1920-1951)
Marker (to be erected in Hampton): Mary Winston Jackson (1921-2005)
Marker Q-8-u (in Portsmouth): Ruth Brown (1928-2006)
Marker W-78 (in Newport News): Jessie Menifield Rattley
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Marker NP-13 (in York Co.): Mary Aggie and the Benefit of Clergy
Marker S-85 (in Dinwiddie Co.): Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley (1818-1907)
Marker W-97 (in Hampton): Mary Smith Kelsey Peake
Marker KD-14 (in Smyth Co.): "The Crying Tree"
Marker SA-78 (in Richmond): Friends Asylum for Colored Orphans
Marker Q-6-30 (in Lynchburg): Amelia Perry Pride's Dorchester Home
Marker U-133 (in City of Franklin): Della Irving Hayden (ca. 1855-1924)
Marker I-26 (in Farmville): Martha E. Forrester (1863-1951)
Marker ND-12 (in Hanover Co.): Janie Porter Barrett--(9 Aug. 1865-27 Aug. 1948)
Marker Q-8-w (in Portsmouth): Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones (1869-1933)
Marker W-221 (in Henrico Co.): Virginia Estelle Randolph
Marker KM-8 (in Bedford Co.): Susie G. Gibson High School
Marker J-43 (in Clarke Co.): Lucy Diggs Slowe (4 Jul. 1883-21 Oct. 1937)
Marker Q-6-20 (in Lynchburg): The Anne Spencer House--1313 Pierce Street
Marker K-338 (in Chesterfield Co.): Amaza Lee Meredith (1895-1984)
Marker S-92 (in Brunswick Co.): Nellie Pratt Russell (1890-1979)
Marker W-106 (in Hampton): Virginia State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs
Marker JJ-33 (in Orange Co.): Isabella Lightfoot Training School
Marker W-212-A (in Louisa Co.): Flora Molton (1908-1990)
Marker Q-6-31 (in Lynchburg): Pauline Weeden Maloney (1904-1987)
Marker QA-28 (in Petersburg): Undine Smith Moore (1904-1989)
Marker U-132 (in City of Franklin): Pauline Cauthorne Morton (1912-2004)
Marker (to be erected in Hampton): Dorothy Johnson Vaughan (1910-2008)
Marker W-172 (in Newport News): Pearl Bailey (1918-2000)
Marker SA-107 (in Richmond): First Southern African American Girl Scouts
Marker W-70-a (in Newport News): Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996)
Marker SA-87 (in Richmond): Dorothy Height (1912-2010)
Marker NW-7 (in Gloucester Co.): The Irene Morgan Story Begins
Marker KV-20 (in Norfolk): Ella J. Baker (1903 - 1986)
Marker U-35 (in Halifax Co.): Henrietta Lacks (1920-1951)
Marker (to be erected in Hampton): Mary Winston Jackson (1921-2005)
Marker Q-8-u (in Portsmouth): Ruth Brown (1928-2006)
Marker W-78 (in Newport News): Jessie Menifield Rattley
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Updated: May 11, 2020