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Mildred Potts
Mildred Potts
Mount Airy: Home of Helen Hoy Greeley
Helen Hoy Greeley was an early and significant voice for the women’s suffrage movement. Born in Albany, New York in 1878, she received her law degree and began to practice in 1903. Se became deeply involved in the Women's Suffrage Movement. In…
Mr. and Mrs. George Kiblinger
Maggie Mae Lavinia Butler Kiblinger and George Edgar Kiblinger in their front yard on their farm, RTE 522 N, Mineral, VA.
Mrs. Elizabeth Moore
Mrs. Elizabeth Moore, wife of Hugh Alexander Moore
Mrs. Eugenia Mallory and Children
This is a photograph of Eugenia Mallory, wife of Alva Mallory, and her seven children. There are no records that Eugenia ever registered to vote.
Mrs. Josephene C. Adams
Mrs. Josephene C. Adams, wife of Colonel W. H. Adams, manager of Arminius Mines, Mineral, VA
Mrs. Kate Butler
Kate Towsey Butler wife of John Hugh Butler
Mrs. Lavinia Lou Butler and Daughters
Mrs. Lavinia Lou Butler, wife of Lewis H. Butler, pictured here with her daughters Susan Jane and Barbara Ann.
Nurse
Unidentified Nurse
Pyrite Mine Women
Unidentified women associated with the Mineral Pyrite Mines
Rosa Toler
Rosa Toler
Sarah "Sadie" Moore Butler
Sarah "Sadie" Moore Butler of Mineral, Virginia was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William S. Butler.
Sarah Jane Butler Whitlock
Sarah Jane Butler Whitlock was the wife of John Henry Whitlock, the sister of William Samuel Butler, and the daughter of Lewis Henry Butler and Lavinia Louisa Butler.
Sarah Kennedy Butler
Sarah Kennedy Butler
Sisters Lessie and Ida Sims
Sisters Lessie and Ida Sims, daughters of Garland and Barbara Ann Butler Sims
The five daughters of Henry Taylor
Likely the five daughters of Henry Taylor II of Westmoreland County, who married Mary Minor Watson Taylor of Westend. They lived at Montrose for several years before moving out to Westend, where they raised nine children. The five daughters are…
The Kennedy Sisters
From left to right sit Lucy Carter, Mary Alice, and Fannie Tyree Kennedy. Along with a younger and older brother, the girls were the children of John Henry and Capitola Bowles Kennedy. At the young age of 22, Mary Alice died in an “accident, 
The Scottish Suffragettes - Christian Guild
In 1904, at the age of 43 and with her husband and seven children, Christian Guild left her homeland of Scotland to immigrate to the United States. When she reached Dabneys, Louisa County, Virginia, she became actively involved in an attempt to start…
The Struggles of Women's Suffrage
The image attached shows the start of the suffrage parade in Washington, D.C. The year is unknown. Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
The women’s suffrage movement spread nationwide, though some areas faced harsher conditions and…
The Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)
These two images show members of the state WCTU, including Mrs. R. E. Trice, Sr., in the close-up.
Women who felt that alcohol was destroying their families and their society formed the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. It was a prestigious…