![]() Mary Jane Richards
An educated African American woman was a Civil War spy in Richmond and a postwar educator. ![]() Joseph Reid Anderson
Joseph Reid Anderson's Tredegar Iron Works produced more than half the cannons used by the Confederacy during the Civil War. ![]() Phoebe Yates Pember
Phoebe Pember was a Civil War hospital matron/administrator and notable postwar memoirist. ![]() Mary Ryan
Mary Ryan caused a munitions explosion in Confederate Richmond that killed more than forty workers, including herself. ![]() Dr. Mary Edwards Walker
An American surgeon, feminist, and suffragette, best known as the first and only woman to receive the Medal of Honor. ![]() Dr. James McCaw
One of the South’s leading young physicians and a Richmond native, he served as Chief of Chimborazo Hospital for its entire existence. |
Last updated: September 8, 2022