A valiant champion of Women's Suffrage. She was one of the leaders among the Virginia women who organized and fought for the right to vote. Lila M. Valentine led campaigns for improvements in public education and public health in Virginia. She was one of the founders of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia in 1909 now known as the Virginia League of Women Voters. She took an active part in the National Woman Suffrage Association as well. Valentine lived to see women vote, but she died one year after ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920 and due to illness was never able to exercise her right to vote in an election. She was the acknowledged leader of a new generation of Virginia women who sought and accepted leadership roles in public life. In 1936 the Virginia General Assembly placed a memorial plaque in the State Capitol honoring her services to humanity and acknowledging her achievements in the struggle for woman suffrage; she is the only woman so honored. She also co-founded the Richmond Education Association.
Daughter of Jane Catherine Fontaine and Richard Hardaway Meade. Jane Catherine Fontaine's parents Edmund and Maria Shackleford Fontaine are buried at "Beaver Dam" in Hanover County, Va.
Daughter of Jane Catherine Fontaine and Richard Hardaway Meade. Jane Catherine Fontaine's parents Edmund and Maria Shackleford Fontaine are buried at "Beaver Dam" in Hanover County, Va.
A valiant champion of Women's Suffrage. She was one of the leaders among the Virginia women who organized and fought for the right to vote. Lila M. Valentine led campaigns for improvements in public education and public health in Virginia. She was one of the founders of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia in 1909 now known as the Virginia League of Women Voters. She took an active part in the National Woman Suffrage Association as well. Valentine lived to see women vote, but she died one year after ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920 and due to illness was never able to exercise her right to vote in an election. She was the acknowledged leader of a new generation of Virginia women who sought and accepted leadership roles in public life. In 1936 the Virginia General Assembly placed a memorial plaque in the State Capitol honoring her services to humanity and acknowledging her achievements in the struggle for woman suffrage; she is the only woman so honored. She also co-founded the Richmond Education Association.
Daughter of Jane Catherine Fontaine and Richard Hardaway Meade. Jane Catherine Fontaine's parents Edmund and Maria Shackleford Fontaine are buried at "Beaver Dam" in Hanover County, Va.
Daughter of Jane Catherine Fontaine and Richard Hardaway Meade. Jane Catherine Fontaine's parents Edmund and Maria Shackleford Fontaine are buried at "Beaver Dam" in Hanover County, Va.
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A lot of ivy in this section for the Valentine family, marker can be hard to find
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