Tag: Alexandria womens history
The Legacy of Annie B. Rose
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 –...
Alexandria Celebrates Women: The evolution of Women’s History Month
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...
Alexandria Celebrates Women: The history of America’s “deputy husbands”
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...
Women of the Commonwealth: Women of politics
By Gayle Converse and Pat Miller
Countless Virginia women assumed traditional male roles during the American Civil War. Many had worked in dangerous munitions factories....
