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By Gayle Converse and Pat Miller | [email protected] The daughter of a once-enslaved laborer was instrumental in turning what was once an infamous Alexandria site –...

By Gayle Converse and Pat Miller A woman with ties to several historic sites in Alexandria has been described as “the wife of three husbands,”...

By Kassidy McDonald │[email protected] There are always a few special people in a community who do the most to help others. Pat Miller is one...

How American women spies ‘gave the slip’ to the enemy (Part II) By Gayle Converse and Pat Miller Due to the destruction of records and the...

How American women spies 'gave the slip' to the enemy (Part I) By Gayle Converse and Pat Miller Invisible ink, secret codes… and layers of petticoats...

By Gayle Converse and Pat Miller The documentation of history is impossible without the written word. With the stroke of a pen or tap of...

By Gayle Converse and Pat Miller They are mothers, wives, sisters, daughters and grandmothers. They are factory workers, medical personnel and professional ballerinas. They are...

By Gayle Converse and Pat Miller They carry, deliver and raise human beings. They govern nations. They run businesses. They fight in combat. They save...

By Gayle Converse and Pat Miller When 17th century women’s rights advocate Margaret Brent owned much of the land upon which Alexandria sits today, she...

By Gayle Converse and Pat Miller During most winters of the Revolutionary War, Martha Washington would be at her husband’s side. She would endure the...