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Women in carriage at Westend
Women in a carriage, likely Virginia Taylor (to be Mrs. W.B. Syndor) and a friend, up to visit their aunts Nancy and Lucy Taylor, who had a life interest in Westend. Virginia's father, Henry Taylor III, was a brother of the Nancy and Lucy and had…
Westend: Country Inn
The brochure for the country inn run by Nancy and Lucy: "The Misses Taylor" of Westend. Their mother, Mary Minor Watson Taylor, specified in her that her unmarried children should have a life interest in Westend.
The girls' mother and father,…
The girls' mother and father,…
Virginia Warns Her People
The image comes from the Department of Historic Resources. Â
In the article attached, from 1915, the Richmond Evening Journal is writing to warn the citizens of what women could do with the right to vote. Â It highlights where there are more colored…
Virginia Syndor on Race Horse
Virginia (Taylor) Syndor, a niece of Lucy Taylor's, is shown here racing horses in her late 20s or early 30s. She writes of spending her childhood days at Westend Farm with her Aunt Lucy, who was like a "second mother" to her. She also remembers…
Unidentified Pyrite Mines Women
A portrait of and unidentified women involved somehow with the Mineral Pyrite Mines.
Three Women with a Child
Three unidentified women standing with a child
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…
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 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 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 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…
Sisters Lessie and Ida Sims
Sisters Lessie and Ida Sims, daughters of Garland and Barbara Ann Butler Sims
Sarah Kennedy Butler
Sarah Kennedy 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 "Sadie" Moore Butler
Sarah "Sadie" Moore Butler of Mineral, Virginia was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William S. Butler.
Rosa Toler
Rosa Toler
Pyrite Mine Women
Unidentified women associated with the Mineral Pyrite Mines
Nurse
Unidentified Nurse
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.
Mrs. Kate Butler
Kate Towsey Butler wife of John Hugh Butler