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<span style="color:purple;">'''Frances Brand'''</span> (1901-1990) was a local artist whose most-celebrated work was a collection of portraits called "Firsts" - images of local people who were pioneers in a field or endeavor. <ref name="rainville">{{cite web|title=Remarkable "firsts" in Charlottesville|url=http://www.locohistory.org/blog/albemarle/2008/07/28/remarkable-firsts-in-charlottesville/|author=Lynn Rainville|work=Blog Post|publisher=Loco History|location=|publishdate=July 27, 2008|accessdate=May 4, 2022}}</ref>  
<span style="color:purple;">'''Frances Brand'''</span> (1901-1990) was a local artist whose most-celebrated work was a collection of portraits called "Firsts" - images of local people who were pioneers in a field or endeavor. <ref name="rainville">{{cite web|title=Remarkable "firsts" in Charlottesville|url=http://www.locohistory.org/blog/albemarle/2008/07/28/remarkable-firsts-in-charlottesville/|author=Lynn Rainville|work=Blog Post|publisher=Loco History|location=|publishdate=July 27, 2008|accessdate=May 4, 2022}}</ref>  


Born in [[1901]] in New York, Frances Brand married a military man with whom she had two children. At the age of 41, she joined the army where she spent a 10 year career as a liaison (particularly in Germany working with children affected by the Nazi regime), ultimately becoming an army major. <ref name="rainville" /> Brand once said she was asked out by Al Capone and was once arrested for civil disobedience at a protest organized by Martin Luther King Jr. <ref name="purple-hook">{{cite web|title=Purple Gain: France Brand's house gets painted|url=http://www.readthehook.com/files/old/stories/2003/01/30/featurePurpleGainFrancesBr.html|author=Maxey Hackworth|work=|publisher=The Hook|location=|publishdate=January 30, 2003|accessdate=January 26, 2012}}</ref>
Born in [[1901]] in New York, Frances Brand married a military man with whom she had two children. At the age of 41, she joined the army where she spent a 10 year career as a liaison (particularly in Germany working with children affected by the Nazi regime), ultimately becoming an army major. <ref name="rainville" /> Brand once said she was asked out by Al Capone and was once arrested for civil disobedience at a protest organized by Martin Luther King Jr. <ref name="purple-hook">{{cite web|title=Purple Gain: France Brand's house gets painted|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111195343/http://www.readthehook.com/92999/feature-purple-gain-frances-brands-house-gets-painted|author=Maxey Hackworth|work=|publisher=The Hook (via web.archive.org)|location=|publishdate=January 30, 2003|accessdate=June 22, 2022}}</ref>


Upon her retirement, she studied art at Mexico City College (now the University of Mexico) for five years. <ref>{{cite web|title= Our Firsts, Great and Small|http://www.cvillewoman.com/index.php/hot-topics/article/our-firsts-great-and-small/202552/|author=Aleta Burchyski|work=|publisher=Charlottesville Woman|location=|publishdate=March 1, 2011|accessdate=January 26, 2012}}</ref> {{deadlink}}  
Upon her retirement, she studied art at Mexico City College (now the University of Mexico) for five years. <ref>{{cite web|title= Our Firsts, Great and Small|http://www.cvillewoman.com/index.php/hot-topics/article/our-firsts-great-and-small/202552/|author=Aleta Burchyski|work=|publisher=Charlottesville Woman|location=|publishdate=March 1, 2011|accessdate=January 26, 2012}}</ref> {{deadlink}}  
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Her collection of "Firsts" reflects the influence of the Mexican folk painting she studied<ref>{{cite web|title=Online Exhibit: France Brand Collection Exhibit|url=http://albemarlehistory.org/index.php/exhibit-by-category/C4/|author=|work=|publisher=Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society|location=|publishdate=|accessdate=January 26, 2012}}</ref>. {{deadlink}}
Her collection of "Firsts" reflects the influence of the Mexican folk painting she studied<ref>{{cite web|title=Online Exhibit: France Brand Collection Exhibit|url=http://albemarlehistory.org/index.php/exhibit-by-category/C4/|author=|work=|publisher=Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society|location=|publishdate=|accessdate=January 26, 2012}}</ref>. {{deadlink}}


The "Firsts" were painted between 1974-78 and include 157 portraits (although some may be part of her "modern madonna" series). The subjects are "people that Mrs. Brand had met and befriended in Charlottesville or Albemarle County, people whose strength of character she admired." <ref name=painting/> Many of her portraits were of notable women in the community or of civil rights leaders.  Subjects include [[Nancy O'Brien]], the first woman mayor of Charlottesville, [[Cornelia Johnson]], the city's first female African-American police officer, and [[Jill Rinehart]], the first woman elected to city council. <ref name="purple-hook" />
The "Firsts" were painted between 1974-78 and include 157 portraits (although some may be part of her "modern madonna" series). The subjects are "people that Mrs. Brand had met and befriended in Charlottesville or Albemarle County, people whose strength of character she admired." Many of her portraits were of notable women in the community or of civil rights leaders.  Subjects include [[Nancy K. O'Brien]], the first woman mayor of Charlottesville, [[Cornelia Johnson]], the city's first female African-American police officer, and [[Jill Rinehart]], the first woman elected to city council. <ref name="purple-hook" />


The [[Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society]] owns the collection. <ref>{{cite web|title=Online Exhibit: France Brand Collection Exhibit|url=http://albemarlehistory.org/index.php/exhibit-by-category/C4/|author=|work=|publisher=Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society|location=|publishdate=January 30, 2003|accessdate=January 26, 2012}}</ref> {{deadlink}}
The [[Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society]] owns the collection. <ref>{{cite web|title=Online Exhibit: France Brand Collection Exhibit|url=http://albemarlehistory.org/index.php/exhibit-by-category/C4/|author=|work=|publisher=Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society|location=|publishdate=January 30, 2003|accessdate=January 26, 2012}}</ref> {{deadlink}}
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===Subjects===
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| Ruth Klüger Angress||Jewish survivor of Concentration Camp who later taught philosophy at UVA in Fall 7 who resigned in 1976 over disagreement with UVA administration
| [[Ruth Klüger|Ruth Klüger Angress]]||Jewish survivor of Concentration Camp who later taught philosophy at UVA in the Fall of 1973 who resigned in 1976 over disagreement with UVA administration
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| Anne Mae Bailey||Introduced French into Charlottesville Public Schools, President of The Albemarle Arts Association, founded what would become [[Bailey Park]] at U.S. 250 & Hillcrest
| [[Anne Mae Bailey]]||Introduced French into Charlottesville Public Schools, President of The Albemarle Arts Association, founded what would become [[Bailey Park]] at U.S. 250 & Hillcrest
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| Tim T.L.W. "Tillie" Bailey Jr.||First "cotton technologist" for the Foreign Agriculture Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and during World War II was a leading 'microscopist'
| [[Tim T.L.W. "Tillie" Bailey Jr.]]||First "cotton technologist" for the Foreign Agriculture Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and during World War II was a leading 'microscopist'
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| Charles L. Barbour||First Black Mayor of [[Charlottesville]]
| [[Charles Barbour|Charles L. Barbour]]||First Black Mayor of [[Charlottesville]]
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|[[Rev. Arie D. Bestebreurtje|| Minister at First Presbyterian Church on Park St. (1966-1981), active in Dutch Resistance during World War II
|[[Arie Bestebreurtje|Rev. Arie D. Bestebreurtje]]|| Minister at First Presbyterian Church on Park St. (1966-1981), active in Dutch Resistance during World War II
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| Sarah Patton Boyle||Author of The Desegregated Heart, first white person on the board of the C'ville Chapter of the NAACP
| [[Sarah Boyle|Sarah Patton Boyle]]||Author of The Desegregated Heart, first white person on the board of the C'ville Chapter of the NAACP
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| Frances Brand||Self portrait of the artist
| [[Frances Brand]]||Self portrait of the artist
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| Gina Alycia Brooks||Miss NAACP USA, article July 8, 1977, father Van B. Brooks Jr.
| [[Gina Alycia Brooks]]||Miss NAACP USA, article July 8, 1977, father Van B. Brooks Jr.
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| [[Drewary Brown| Drewary John Birchard Brown]]||One of the founders of [[Monticello Area Community Action Agency]] (MACAA) anti-poverty agency
| [[Drewary Brown|Drewary John Birchard Brown]]||One of the founders of [[Monticello Area Community Action Agency]] (MACAA) anti-poverty agency
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| John Brown Bunn||broadcaster "wanted by local FBI for not having certain certificates" 1974 ran one of the few commercial cable radio stations in U.S.
| [[John Brown Bunn]]||broadcaster "wanted by local FBI for not having certain certificates" 1974 ran one of the few commercial cable radio stations in U.S.
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| Benjamin F. Bunn||Founder of local NAACP and minister of Main Street Baptist Church. Married [[Imogene Bunn]] on June 10, 1939
| [[Benjamin F. Bunn]]||Founder of local NAACP and minister of Main Street Baptist Church. Married [[Imogene Bunn]] on June 10, 1939
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| Imogene Morgan Bunn||First Black nurse to be in charge of city nurses. Married [[Benjamin F. Bunn]] on June 10, 39
| [[Imogene Bunn|Imogene Morgan Bunn]]||First Black nurse to be in charge of city nurses. Married [[Benjamin F. Bunn]] on June 10, 39
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| E. Wells Bunyea||CBS radio announcer with his alter-ego "Aunt Emma"  AM107
| [[E. Wells Bunyea]]||CBS radio announcer with his alter-ego "Aunt Emma"  AM107
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| [[Catherine Burke| Catherine Lynn Burke]] ||First female Rhodes Scholar at [[University of Virginia]] in [[1976]], the first year that was open to women
| [[Catherine Burke|Catherine Lynn Burke]] ||First female Rhodes Scholar at [[University of Virginia]] in [[1976]], the first year that was open to women
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| [[Brenda Burrough]]||first African American female page
| [[Brenda Burrough]]||first African American female page
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| *[[Gail Jones| Gail Burton Jones]]||Area's first African American female mail carrier
| [[Gail Jones|Gail Burton Jones]]||Area's first African American female mail carrier
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| [[James Butler]]||First African American elected to Alb Co Board of Supervisors, first Afric. Amer. chief of an Extension Office (Alb.) in VA, Baker-Butler
| [[James R. Butler]]||First African American elected to Alb Co Board of Supervisors, first Afric. Amer. chief of an Extension Office (Alb.) in VA, Baker-Butler
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| *[[Margaret Mcleod Cain]]||Attorney named as a member of the Daily Progress' "Distinguished Dozen"  
| [[Margaret Mcleod Cain]]||Attorney named as a member of the Daily Progress' "Distinguished Dozen"  
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| [[Grace H. Carpenter]]||First woman elected president of YMCA in 1974, broker
| [[Grace H. Carpenter]]||First woman elected president of YMCA in 1974, broker
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| [[Martha S. Carpenter]]||Woman on the first team of radio astronomers, UVA
| [[Martha S. Carpenter]]||Woman on the first team of radio astronomers, UVA
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| Duanne Carter||President of Soroptimists International Club, professional women who provide volunteer service to their communities
| [[Duanne Carter]]||President of Soroptimists International Club, professional women who provide volunteer service to their communities
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| [[Ruth Harvey Charity]]||First Black woman on National Democratic Committee, from Danville
| [[Ruth Harvey Charity]]||First Black woman on National Democratic Committee, from Danville
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| [[Mary Williams Clark]]||First female orthopedic surgeon at UVA's (Kluge) Children's Rehab. Ctr. in [[1981]]
| [[Mary Williams Clark]]||First female orthopedic surgeon at UVA's (Kluge) Children's Rehab. Ctr. in [[1981]]
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| Otelia Abbott Coles||mortician
| [[Otelia Abbott Coles]]||Mortician
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| Roberts "Rob" Coles Jr.||5th great grandson of Thomas Jefferson, acting, playing T.J. since 1976
| [[Roberts "Rob" Coles Jr.|Rob Coles]]||Fifth great grandson of Thomas Jefferson who played that role for many years
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| Elizabeth "Babs" Conant||local expert on lung fish, Ivy Creek?
| [[Elizabeth “Babs” Conant|Elizabeth "Babs" Conant]]||Expert on lung fish and part of creation of [[Ivy Creek Natural Area]]
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| Nincie Cornelia Darby Currier||1 of.. Women artist in area, involved in forming C-A Arts Assoc
| [[Nincie Currier|Nincie Cornelia Darby Currier]]||Founding member of the [[Charlottesville-Albemarle Arts Association]]
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| Joy Suzanne Dallas Eshelman||1 of.. African Americans to graduate from U.S. Military Academy at West Point, incorrectly labelled Joan Gellis
| [[Joy Suzanne Dallas Eshelman]]||Among the first of the African American females to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point
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| Opal D. David||first woman elected to Albemarle County Board of Supervisors
| [[Opal David|Opal D. David]]||First woman elected to the [[Albemarle County Board of Supervisors]]
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| [[Amy Doggett]]||First woman to graduate from the Naval ROTC program at [[University of Virginia]]
| [[Amy Doggett]]||First woman to graduate from the Naval ROTC program at [[University of Virginia]]
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| Mattie Dudley||1982 Medicaid benefits suspended because she transferred a pre-paided funeral plan worth $1200, Gov. Robb waived penalties
| [[Mattie Dudley]]||Had he Medicaid benefits suspended in [[1982]] because she transferred a pre-paid funeral plan worth $1200 but Governor Chuck Robb later waived penalties
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| Gertrude Ballou Dunbar||served during WWII overseas, genealogy
| [[Gertrude Ballou Dunbar]]||Served overseas during World War II and a genealogist
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| Ann Fulton Humphreys Dyer||1 of.. Women to graduate from UVA? Medical School, medical missionary
| [[Ann Fulton Humphreys Dyer]]||Among the first women to graduate from UVA Medical School and a medical missionary
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| Mary Ann Wilder Elwood||  
|[[Mary Ann Wilder Elwood|Mary Ann Elwood]]||First female chair of the [[Charlottesville Democratic Committee]], 1978-1982; President of [[Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce| Charlottesville Chamber of Commerce]], 1986-1990
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| Dorothy Emerson||volunteer extraordinaire, retired from Church Women United, Meals On Wheels, missionary in India
| [[Dorothy Emerson]]||Volunteer extraordinaire, retired from Church Women United, Meals On Wheels, missionary in India
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| Frances Farmer||Head Librarian of UVA Law School 1942-76, 1979 started Oral History of UVA Law School's Second Century 1927-2027
| [[Frances Farmer]]||Head Librarian of UVA Law School 1942-76, 1979 started Oral History of UVA Law School's Second Century 1927-2027
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| Francis H. Fife||1 of.. Mayors to become housing advocate for the poor, City Council 1970-78, Mayor 1972-74
| [[Francis H. Fife]]||City Council 1970-78, Mayor 1972-74
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| Frank Finger||UVA Professor of Psychology, wresting coach, runner (wife- Eleanor "Nell")
| [[Dr. Frank Finger]]||UVA Professor of Psychology, wresting coach, runner  
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| Nancy (Rudolf) Flint||founder of "First Night," C'ville's New Years Eve celebration, 1982?
| [[Nancy Rudolf Flint|Nancy Flint]]||Founder of [[First Night]], Charlottesville's New Years Eve celebration
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| Evelyn Patricia Foote||Brigadier General in Army
| [[Evelyn Patricia Foote]]||Brigadier General in Army
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| Mary Elizabeth Forbes||she married to 72 year old widower who advertised for second wife
| [[Mary Elizabeth Forbes]]||She was married to 72-year-old widower who advertised for a second wife
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| James N. Galloway||environmental science, air quality, funny
| [[James N. Galloway]]||Environmental science and air quality issues
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| Nina Garfield||first woman president of Temple Beth Israel
| [[Nina Garfield]]||First woman president of Temple Beth Israel
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| Paul Conrad Garrett||attorney, Charlottesville City Clerk of Circuit Court 1981, 1st Af.Amer. C'ville City Atty 1976, 1971 grad of UVA Law School
| [[Paul Garrett|Paul Conrad Garrett]]||UVA law grad, 1971; First African American as Charlottesville City Attorney, 1976; Charlottesville City Clerk of Circuit Court, 1981
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| Mary L. Garwood & Rebecca C. Haas||area's first women firefighters
| [[Mary L. Garwood]] & [[Rebecca C. Haas]]||area's first women firefighters
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| Paul M. Gaston||author of The New South Creed: A Study in Southern Mythmaking, UVA professor, civil rights leader
| [[Paul M. Gaston]]||Author of The New South Creed: A Study in Southern Mythmaking, UVA professor, civil rights leader
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| Cynthia Gatton||founder of UVA Chapter of Pi Beta Phi in 74 or 75, 77 BS in EDSA, m. Malloy
| [[Cynthia Malloy Gatton]]||Founder of UVA Chapter of Pi Beta Phi in 74 or 75, 77 BS in EDSA, m. Malloy
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| Vivian V. Gordon||first African American woman on UVA faculty to receive tenure, grant to research interracial relations, divorced from Ronald C. Gordon
| [[Vivian V. Gordon]]||First African American woman on UVA faculty to receive tenure, grant to research interracial relations
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| Ronald C. Gordon||paralyzed, founded organization to invent Assistive Technology for Individuals with disabilities
| [[Ronald C. Gordon]]||A paralyzed individual who founded organization to invent Assistive Technology for Individuals with disabilities
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| Rae Gore||woman carpenter in area, m. Burnette?
| [[Mary Gore]]||Gardener at [[St. Paul's Episcopal Church]]
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| Mary Gore||gardener at St. Paul's Episcopal Church
| [[Rae Gore|Rea Mary Coates Gore Burnette]]||Woman carpenter in area
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| William A.Guthrie||
| [[William A. Guthrie]]||TBD
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| Bessie Guy||member of Church Women United, sang for troops oversees, "The Green Pastures" spirituals by Hall Johnson, in film and Europe
| [[Bessie Guy]]||President of Charlottesville Church Women United; gospel singer for the State Department during World War II who sang for troops oversees. Known for "The Green Pastures" spirituals by Hall Johnson, in film and Europe
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| Nancy Hale Bowers||first woman journalist on the New York Times
| [[Nancy Hale Bowers]]||First woman journalist on the New York Times
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| Beverly A. Hankins||1 of.. Working mother who commuted to DC, Ford Theatre restoration, 76 1st female faculty at UVA McIntyre Sch of Commerce
| [[Beverly A. Hankins]]||First female faculty at UVA McIntire School of Commerce and a working mother who commuted to DC. Involved with the restoration of Ford Theatre
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| Sheila Hardy||founder of UVA branch of Delta Epsilon Omega, African Amer fraternity/sorority, 75 BS Nursing, m. Vega
| [[Sheila Vega Hardy]]||Founder of UVA branch of Delta Epsilon Omega, an African American fraternity/sorority who graduates in 1975 with a B.S. in Nursing
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| William McKinley "Bill" Harris||founding dean of UVA's "Afro-American Affairs Office" to promote the welfare of black students, at UVA Aug 76 - July 82
| [[William McKinley "Bill" Harris]]||Founding Dean of UVA [[Afro-American Affairs Office]] to promote the welfare of Black students who served in that position from August 1976 to July 1982
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| Carolyn B. "Karen" HOP Hartsock||young girl who saved her brother and sister in house fire on 6/13/82
| [[Carolyn B. "Karen" Hartsock]]||A young girl who saved her brother and sister in house fire on 6/13/82
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| Satyendra Singh Huja||in charge of building and planning in 1973 (Dir of Planning & Community Development) 1st major project pedestrian (Downtown) mall
| [[Satyendra Singh Huja]]||Became Charlottesville's Director of Planning & Community Development in 1973 who oversaw the creation of the pedestrian [[Downtown Mall]]. Would late become first Sikh Mayor
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| Charlotte Jennings Yancey Humphris||Queen of the 1st Annual C'ville Apple Harvest Festival 10/16-21/1950, 1989-2001on Albemarle County Board of Supervisors
| [[Charlotte Y. Humphris|Charlotte Jennings Yancey Humphris]]||Queen of the First Annual Charlottesville Apple Harvest Festival in 1950, served on Albemarle County Board of Supervisors from 1989 to 2001
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| John & Mary Isreal||funded by Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C., US-China People's Friendship Association, divorced
| [[John & Mary Isreal]]||A couple funded by Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C., US-China People's Friendship Association
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| [[Alice Ivory| Alice Wesley Ivory]]||sculpture, art
| [[Alice Ivory| Alice Wesley Ivory]]||first Black member of the Arts Association known for her sculpture and art
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| Margaret Jefferson||
| [[Margaret Jefferson]]||TBD
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| Nathan Johnson||1st black professor at UVA 1967-79, 6 yrs as Assoc Dir of UVA Desegregation Center
| [[Dr. Nathan Johnson]]||First African American faculty member at the University of Virginia School of Education from 1967 to 1979 who also served six years as Associate Director of UVA Desegregation Center
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| Cornelia Johnson||1st black police officer 1976, 3rd female officer
| [[Cornelia Johnson]]||First African American woman on the City police force beginning in [[1976]] and third female officer  
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| Donald W. Jones||African American assistant to President of UVA Frank Hereford
| [[Donald W. Jones]]||African American assistant to President of UVA, [[Frank Hereford]]
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| Richard Chapin Jones||first state forester for Virginia, appointed 3/1/1915, taught Forestry at UVA until 1928
| [[Richard Chapin Jones]]||First state forester for Virginia, appointed March 1, 1915 who also taught Forestry at UVA until [[1928]]
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| Frances Ramsey Joseph||to start July 4th Scottsville Festival
| [[Frances Ramsey Josep]]h||Founded July 4th Scottsville Festival
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| Marion Kanour||woman graduate from UVA Army R.O.T.C.
| [[Marion Kanour]]||First woman Army ROTC graduate at the University of Virginia
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| Ellie Wood Page Keith||woman to have city street named after her, horseback riding teacher
| [[Ellie Keith|Ellie Wood Page Keith]]||First woman to have city street named after her, horseback riding teacher
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| [[Alica Kelso| Alice Gertrude Whitten Kelso]]||member of AAUW
| [[Alica Kelso|Alice Gertrude Whitten Kelso]]||Member of [[American Association of University Women]]
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| Hazel Hopkins Key||employed 50 years at UVA, assistant librarian in the law school
| [[Hazel Hopkins Key]]||Assistant librarian in the UVA School of Law; employed 50 years at UVA
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| Heinz Kramp||founder of Innisfree Village in 1971, a voluntary community with adults with mental disabilities; 1991 started "The Bridge"
| [[Heinz Kramp]]||Founder of [[Innisfree Village]] in [[1971]], a therapeutic cooperative community with adults with mental disabilities; 1991 started "The Bridge"
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| Suzy M. Thomas & Nathan Lane||Tom built Frances Brand's galleries, studied architecture
| [[Suzy M. Thomas]] & [[Nathan Lane]]||Tom built Frances Brand's galleries, studied architecture
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| Charles "Chuck" Langham||founder of SCROOGE - Society to Curtail Ridiculous Outrageous & Ostentatious Gift Exchanges
| [[Charles "Chuck" Langham]]||Founder of SCROOGE - Society to Curtail Ridiculous Outrageous & Ostentatious Gift Exchanges
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| Lyn Lee||doctor
| [[Lyn Lee]]||Doctor
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| David Lee||
| [[David Lee]]||Taiwanese diplomat who earned both of his graduate degrees from the University of Virginia, lived with Brand of Virginia
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| Sandra Levine||restored the local American Association of University Women; 1979 helped found Piedmont Council of the Arts
| [[Sandra Levine]]||Restored the local American Association of University Women and helped found the [[Piedmont Council of the Arts]] in [[1979]]
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| Priscilla Little||founder of FOCUS organization, helping women start a career; elder at Westminster Presbyterian in 1983; singer
| [[Priscilla Little]]||Founding member of [[FOCUS Women's Resource Center]] and an elder at [[Westminster Presbyterian Church]] in [[1983]]
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| Liu||first (UVA?) graduate student from China
|[[Mr. Liu]]||First UVA graduate student from China
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| Adah Anita Lotti||1 of 1st woman MD in area, grad of UVA Medical School 1925, 1st class to include women, AAUW
| [[Adah Anita Lotti]]||One of the first women doctors in the area and a graduate of the of [[UVA Medical School]] in 1925, the first class to include women
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| John Christian Lowe||international lawyer, cofounder of Camp Faith
| [[John Christian Lowe]]||International lawyer, cofounder of Camp Faith
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| Dumas Lowe||Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Biographer-in-Residence, professor emeritus of history at UVA
| [[Dumas Lowe]]||Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Biographer-in-Residence, professor emeritus of history at UVA
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| John Eacott "Jack" Manahan||
| [[John "Jack" Eacott Manahan]]||TBD
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| Anna Anderson Manahan||Claimed to be Anastasia, daughter of Czar Nicholas II of Russia
| [[Anna Anderson Manahan]]||Claimed to be Anastasia, daughter of Czar Nicholas II of Russia
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| Ora Ann Manahan||C'ville City Treasurer
| [[Ora Ann Manahan]]||Charlottesville City Treasurer
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| George & Ruth Maverick||friends of F. Brand; Ruth 8/11/1893-1/4/1983; "lynch" and "maverick" words originated from their family name; m.7/26/1917 San Ant.TX
| [[George & Ruth Maverick]]||Friends of Frances Brand - the words "lynch" and "maverick" originate from their family name
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| Ellen Dale McCallin ||first seminarian planning to be a priest
| [[Ellen Dale McCallin]] ||First seminarian planning to be a priest
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| Irina Igorevna Estakhova McCallin ||married UVA Russian Hist. Prof Woodford D. McC. 5/4/1974 in Moscow, reunited 1/30/1986, 1987 Alexandria, "Of Love & Russia"
| [[Irina Igorevna Estakhova McClellan]]||Married UVA Russian History Professor Woodford D. McClellan on 5/4/1974 in Moscow and they were reunited 1/30/1986. Author of "Of Love & Russia"
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| Irena Berry Norvelle McCormick||"specialist in living because her life is so rich and also did beautiful quilting" lived to age 107, Covesville
| [[Irena Berry Norvelle McCormick]]||Brand described her as a "specialist in living because her life is so rich and also did beautiful quilting." McCormick lived to age 107 in [[Covesville]]
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| Sally McCormick||SPCA
| [[Sally McCormick]]||SPCA
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| John F. Merchant||first black graduate of UVA law school in 1958, 2004 honored at Conn. Law Day, lives in (Stamford, Stratford, or Southport CT?); golf
| [[John F. Merchant]]||First Black graduate of UVA School of Law in [[1958]]
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| Henry Mitchell||African American president (chairman?) of the Board of Education, priest at Trinity Episcopal
| [[Henry Mitchell]]||First African American president of the [[Board of Education]], priest at Trinity Episcopal
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| Gertrude Mitchell||1st black memb local AAUW, 1st black empl of Army Foreign Science & Tech Ctr, 1st black woman civil servant in Reg 3 of HEW
| [[Gertrude Mitchell]]||First African American member of the local [[AAUW]]; First Black employee of Army Foreign Science & Tech Center; First Black female civil servant in Region 3 of federal Health, Education, and Welfare Department
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| Beatrice "Bea" Mook||first woman to deliver baby using Lamaze methods, 2007 publicist for The Jefferson Area Board For Aging
| [[Beatrice "Bea" Mook]]||First woman to deliver baby using Lamaze methods, 2007 publicist for The Jefferson Area Board For Aging
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| Martha Brown Morrison||1st Char-Alb member of the famous 99's, the Int'l Org of Women Pilots, licensed pilot in 1941, came to C'ville in 1968
| [[Martha Brown Morrison]]||First Charlottesville-Albemarle member of the famous 99's, the International Organization of Women Pilots; Became a licensed pilot in [[1941]]; moved to Charlottesville in [[1968]]
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| Edith K. Mosher||developed teaching methods; coauthor "ESEA The Office of Education Administers A Law" 1968
| [[Edith K. Mosher]]||Developed teaching methods; co-author "ESEA The Office of Education Administers A Law" in [[1968]]
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| Susan & Sandra Murray||first girls on boy's soccer team with the City League in C'ville, attended AHS
| [[Susan & Sandra Murray]]||First girls on boy's soccer team with the City League in C'ville, attended AHS
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| Ellen Virginia "Enie" Nash||long standing attorney in area, 1 of 1st women to practice law on C'ville Court Square, 2nd woman on Alb Co Board of Supervisors
| [[Ellen Nash|Ellen “Enie” Virginia Nash]]||First woman to practice law on Charlottesville's [[Court Square]]; Second woman on the [[Albemarle County Board of Supervisors]]
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| Marion Nolan||m. Stanton
| [[Marion Nolan]]||m. Stanton
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| Nancy Kirkpatrick O'Brien||1st woman mayor of C'ville
| [[Nancy K. O'Brien|Nancy O'Brien]]||First female mayor of Charlottesville
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| Doris Overcash||1st female mail carrier 1973?
| [[Doris Overcash]]||First female mail carrier of Charlottesville
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| Julia Pace||1st white female police officer
| [[Julia Pace]]||First white woman on the Charlottesville police force
|-
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| Yvette Parsons||hospital ombudsman in area
| [[Yvette Parsons]]||Patient advocate, ombudsman, University of Virginia Hospital
|-
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| Camilla or Comilla Payne||1st teacher of Arts in local public schools
| [[Comilla Payne]]||First teacher of arts in local public schools
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| Sara A. Payne||1st woman minister of Presbyterian Church in Crozet
| [[Sara A. Payne]]||First female minister of Presbyterian Church in Crozet
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| Catherine G. "Kay" Peaslee||first woman to produce a newspaper (weekly), 1978 founded The Observer
| [[Kay Peaslee|Catherine G. "Kay" Peaslee]]||First woman to produce a weekly when she founded the [[Observer]] in [[1978]]
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| Elizabeth Pigeon||early 1900's was the only woman professor at UVA, founded Charlottesville Chapter of AAUW
| [[Elizabeth Pigeon]]||Only woman professor at UVA in the early 1900s; founded Charlottesville chapter of AAUW
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| Anna Lucia Puerta||1st flag woman in area
| [[Anna Lucia Puerta]]||First flag woman in area
|-
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| Elbert L. Radford||Scottsville
| [[Elbert L. Radford]]||Scottsville
|-
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| Booker Reaves||African American to receive master's degree from UVA
| [[Booker Reaves]]||First African American to receive master's degree from UVA
|-
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| Brenda C. Redmond||1 of 1st women mystery writers in area, wrote Rena under pen name B. Gayle pub. 1977
| [[Brenda C. Redmond]]||Prominent female women mystery writers in the area, wrote Rena under pen name B. Gayle pub. 1977
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| Amy Carter Reid||African American woman Baptist minister ordained 1944, president of C'ville Church Women United
| [[Amy Carter Reid]]||African American woman Baptist minister ordained 1944, president of Charlottesville Church Women United
|-
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| Glenda F. Richardson||1st woman welder in area
| [[Glenda F. Richardson]]||First female welder in the area
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| Jill Tietsort Rinehart||first woman member of the Charlottesville City Council 1972-1976
| [[Jill Rinehart|Jill Tietsort Rinehart]]||First woman on [[Charlottesville City Council]], 1972-1976
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| Leslie E. Rudolf||1st MD to perform kidney transplant in area; Amer Soc. Of Transplant Surgeons 5/22/1978?
| [[Leslie E. Rudolf]]||First doctor to perform kidney transplant in area, and member of American Society Of Transplant Surgeons  
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| Ralph L. Jr. Sampson||professional basketball player (1983-1992), while at UVA was a three-time College Player of the Year; 1979-83 at UVA
| [[Ralph Sampson|Ralph L. Jr. Sampson]]||Basketball player for UVA 1979-1983; at UVA was three-time College Player of the Year; professional basketball player, 1983-1992
|-
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| Virginia Ann Scott||first woman who sued to open UVA to women, 1969-70 (Carolyn can get contact info.)
| [[Virginia Scott|Virginia Ann Scott]]||First woman who sued to open UVA to women, [[1969]]
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| Elizabeth TOWE Seabrook||1978 became The Senior Center's exec. Director; 1989 Woman of the Year
| [[Elizabeth Seabrook]]||Became executive director of the Senior Center in 1979 and Woman of the Year in 1989
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| Jannene L. Shannon||area's first woman judge
| [[Jannene Shannon|Jannene L. Shannon]] ||First female judge in the area
|-
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| W. Ralph Singleton||1st from area to perfect a hybrid corn which then was grown all over the world
| [[W. Ralph Singleton]]||First from area to perfect a hybrid corn which then was grown all over the world
|-
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| William Spence Smith||Presbyterian minister, community workshops, at Westminster 1969-88
| [[William Spence Smith]]||Presbyterian minister, community workshops, at Westminster 1969-88
|-
|-
| Zengxuan Song||painting- "TC-1 Cell Line" lab coat, bottle
| [[Zengxuan Song]]||Painting- "TC-1 Cell Line" lab coat, bottle
|-
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| William A. Stickle||first Roman Catholic chaplain to UVA 1959-75; founded St. Thomas Aquinas 1963
| [[William A. Stickle]]||First Roman Catholic chaplain to UVA 1959-75; founded St. Thomas Aquinas 1963
|-
|-
| Gregory Hayes Swanson||first African American who sued to open UVA to African Americans, applied in 1950 at age 26, lawyer from Danville
| [[Gregory Hayes Swanson]]||First African American who sued to open UVA to African Americans, applied in 1950 at age 26, lawyer from Danville
|-
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| Kathryn C. SORENSON Thornton||astronaut, selected by NASA in May 1984, became astronaut in July 1985, physicist
| [[Kathryn C. Thornton]]||Astronaut, selected by NASA in May 1984, became astronaut in July 1985, physicist
|-
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| Grace L. Tinsley||1st African American member of C'ville Board of Education
| [[Grace Tinsley|Grace L. Tinsley]]||First African American member of Charlottesville Board of Education
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| Elizabeth Nelson Tompkins||1st woman graduate of UVA School of Law 1923, 23-25 law office of Judge Duke, 1925 on in Richmond
| [[Elizabeth Nelson Tompkins]]||1st woman graduate of UVA School of Law 1923, 23-25 law office of Judge Duke, 1925 on in Richmond
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| Paul Toomey||champion ice skater from area, field research in India, later in Boston
| [[Paul Toomey]]||Champion ice skater from area, field research in India, later in Boston
|-
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| Mary Updike||started meals on Wheels in area
| [[Mary Updike]]||Started [[Meals on Wheels]] in area
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| Otis Updike||Professor Emeritus of chemical and biochemical engineering at UVA, worked with NASA, 41 BS CHE
| [[Otis Updike]]||Professor Emeritus of chemical and biochemical engineering at UVA, worked with NASA, 41 BS CHE
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| Joseph Lee Vaughan||1st UVA Provost
| [[Joseph Lee Vaughan]]||First UVA Provost
|-
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| Teresa J. Walker Price||1st African American librarian in local school system
| [[Teresa Jackson Walker-Price]]||One of the first African American librarians in the local school system
|-
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| Miriam Cooper Walsh||1st woman Hollywood movie star in area
| [[Miriam Cooper Walsh]]||First female Hollywood star in the area
|-
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| Hong Kui Wang||1st scholar from mainland China to come to UVA, computer expert 1980's, holding "Edward A. Parish Jr. Elec ENGR, Computers"
| [[Hong Kui Wang]]||First scholar from mainland China to come to UVA, computer expert 1980's, holding "Edward A. Parish Jr. Elec ENGR, Computers"
|-
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| Constance Chandler Ward||1st woman from St. Paul Church to become a priest Feb. 1978
| [[Constance Chandler Ward]]||First woman from St. Paul Church to become a priest Feb. 1978
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| Linwood Hughes Warwick||Geologist for Virginia for 50 years, 1908-1959, U.S. Geological Survey
| [[Linwood Warwick|Linwood Hughes Warwick]]||Geologist for Virginia for 50 years, 1908-1959, U.S. Geological Survey
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| Randolph White||Charlottesville-Albemarle Tribune
| [[Randolph Louis White]]||Charlottesville-Albemarle Tribune
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| Eugene Williams||buys and renovates houses to rent or sell, 1954 pres. of local NAACP
| [[Eugene Williams]]||Buys and renovates houses to rent or sell, 1954 pres. of local NAACP
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| David Wilson||to have psychiatric hosp named after him, founded UVA's Psychiatric department, 1938 estab UVA's 1st psychiatric ward
| [[David Wilson]]||Founded the School of Psychiatry at University of Virginia, worked for race relations
|-
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| Margaret Wood||first woman hired by UVA to teach stress training, Soroptimist Int'l
| [[Margaret Wood]]||First woman hired by UVA to teach stress training, Soroptimist Int'l
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|-
| Jay Worrall||Founder of Offender Aid & Restoration June 1970, Colonel in Army, Quaker (MACH Vol. 40), founder of & 1st exec dir of MACAA
| [[Jay Worrall]]||Founder of Offender Aid & Restoration June 1970, Colonel in Army, Quaker (MACH Vol. 40), founder of & 1st exec dir of MACAA
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| ||1st mainland Chinese woman to work at a local job, given Apple computer when returned to China, pharmacologist?
|}
|}
==Video presentation==
<youtube>naN5Ip4JPCI</youtube>


==External Links==
==External Links==
[http://www.kaltura.com/kwidget/wid/_419852/entry_id/1_7c1pff2j Interview with Frances Brand about her interactions with civil rights leaders, provided by the University of Virginia Library] {{deadlink}}
[https://avalon.lib.virginia.edu/media_objects/x633f101s 1987 interview with Frances Brand about her interactions with civil rights leaders, provided by the University of Virginia Library]  
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Frances “The Purple Lady” Brand. Photo credit: Charlottesville Woman

Frances Brand (1901-1990) was a local artist whose most-celebrated work was a collection of portraits called "Firsts" - images of local people who were pioneers in a field or endeavor. [1]

Born in 1901 in New York, Frances Brand married a military man with whom she had two children. At the age of 41, she joined the army where she spent a 10 year career as a liaison (particularly in Germany working with children affected by the Nazi regime), ultimately becoming an army major. [1] Brand once said she was asked out by Al Capone and was once arrested for civil disobedience at a protest organized by Martin Luther King Jr. [2]

Upon her retirement, she studied art at Mexico City College (now the University of Mexico) for five years. [3][dead link]

Frances Christian Brand died on November 19, 1990 (aged 89) in Charlottesville.

Collection

Her collection of "Firsts" reflects the influence of the Mexican folk painting she studied[4].[dead link]

The "Firsts" were painted between 1974-78 and include 157 portraits (although some may be part of her "modern madonna" series). The subjects are "people that Mrs. Brand had met and befriended in Charlottesville or Albemarle County, people whose strength of character she admired." Many of her portraits were of notable women in the community or of civil rights leaders. Subjects include Nancy K. O'Brien, the first woman mayor of Charlottesville, Cornelia Johnson, the city's first female African-American police officer, and Jill Rinehart, the first woman elected to city council. [2]

The Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society owns the collection. [5][dead link]

A museum had been open at the site of her home at 111 Washington Avenue in the Jefferson Park Avenue neighborhood. The house was painted purple to honor Brand's penchant to dress in purple. [2] However, her granddaughter [citation needed] sold the house in February 2012. [6]

Subjects

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Ruth Klüger Angress Jewish survivor of Concentration Camp who later taught philosophy at UVA in the Fall of 1973 who resigned in 1976 over disagreement with UVA administration
Anne Mae Bailey Introduced French into Charlottesville Public Schools, President of The Albemarle Arts Association, founded what would become Bailey Park at U.S. 250 & Hillcrest
Tim T.L.W. "Tillie" Bailey Jr. First "cotton technologist" for the Foreign Agriculture Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and during World War II was a leading 'microscopist'
Charles L. Barbour First Black Mayor of Charlottesville
Rev. Arie D. Bestebreurtje Minister at First Presbyterian Church on Park St. (1966-1981), active in Dutch Resistance during World War II
Sarah Patton Boyle Author of The Desegregated Heart, first white person on the board of the C'ville Chapter of the NAACP
Frances Brand Self portrait of the artist
Gina Alycia Brooks Miss NAACP USA, article July 8, 1977, father Van B. Brooks Jr.
Drewary John Birchard Brown One of the founders of Monticello Area Community Action Agency (MACAA) anti-poverty agency
John Brown Bunn broadcaster "wanted by local FBI for not having certain certificates" 1974 ran one of the few commercial cable radio stations in U.S.
Benjamin F. Bunn Founder of local NAACP and minister of Main Street Baptist Church. Married Imogene Bunn on June 10, 1939
Imogene Morgan Bunn First Black nurse to be in charge of city nurses. Married Benjamin F. Bunn on June 10, 39
E. Wells Bunyea CBS radio announcer with his alter-ego "Aunt Emma" AM107
Catherine Lynn Burke First female Rhodes Scholar at University of Virginia in 1976, the first year that was open to women
Brenda Burrough first African American female page
Gail Burton Jones Area's first African American female mail carrier
James R. Butler First African American elected to Alb Co Board of Supervisors, first Afric. Amer. chief of an Extension Office (Alb.) in VA, Baker-Butler
Margaret Mcleod Cain Attorney named as a member of the Daily Progress' "Distinguished Dozen"
Grace H. Carpenter First woman elected president of YMCA in 1974, broker
Martha S. Carpenter Woman on the first team of radio astronomers, UVA
Duanne Carter President of Soroptimists International Club, professional women who provide volunteer service to their communities
Ruth Harvey Charity First Black woman on National Democratic Committee, from Danville
Eliot Candee Clark President of the National Watercolor Society of the U.S.
Mary Williams Clark First female orthopedic surgeon at UVA's (Kluge) Children's Rehab. Ctr. in 1981
Otelia Abbott Coles Mortician
Rob Coles Fifth great grandson of Thomas Jefferson who played that role for many years
Elizabeth "Babs" Conant Expert on lung fish and part of creation of Ivy Creek Natural Area
Nincie Cornelia Darby Currier Founding member of the Charlottesville-Albemarle Arts Association
Joy Suzanne Dallas Eshelman Among the first of the African American females to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point
Opal D. David First woman elected to the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors
Amy Doggett First woman to graduate from the Naval ROTC program at University of Virginia
Mattie Dudley Had he Medicaid benefits suspended in 1982 because she transferred a pre-paid funeral plan worth $1200 but Governor Chuck Robb later waived penalties
Gertrude Ballou Dunbar Served overseas during World War II and a genealogist
Ann Fulton Humphreys Dyer Among the first women to graduate from UVA Medical School and a medical missionary
Mary Ann Elwood First female chair of the Charlottesville Democratic Committee, 1978-1982; President of Charlottesville Chamber of Commerce, 1986-1990
Dorothy Emerson Volunteer extraordinaire, retired from Church Women United, Meals On Wheels, missionary in India
Frances Farmer Head Librarian of UVA Law School 1942-76, 1979 started Oral History of UVA Law School's Second Century 1927-2027
Francis H. Fife City Council 1970-78, Mayor 1972-74
Dr. Frank Finger UVA Professor of Psychology, wresting coach, runner
Nancy Flint Founder of First Night, Charlottesville's New Years Eve celebration
Evelyn Patricia Foote Brigadier General in Army
Mary Elizabeth Forbes She was married to 72-year-old widower who advertised for a second wife
James N. Galloway Environmental science and air quality issues
Nina Garfield First woman president of Temple Beth Israel
Paul Conrad Garrett UVA law grad, 1971; First African American as Charlottesville City Attorney, 1976; Charlottesville City Clerk of Circuit Court, 1981
Mary L. Garwood & Rebecca C. Haas area's first women firefighters
Paul M. Gaston Author of The New South Creed: A Study in Southern Mythmaking, UVA professor, civil rights leader
Cynthia Malloy Gatton Founder of UVA Chapter of Pi Beta Phi in 74 or 75, 77 BS in EDSA, m. Malloy
Vivian V. Gordon First African American woman on UVA faculty to receive tenure, grant to research interracial relations
Ronald C. Gordon A paralyzed individual who founded organization to invent Assistive Technology for Individuals with disabilities
Mary Gore Gardener at St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Rea Mary Coates Gore Burnette Woman carpenter in area
William A. Guthrie TBD
Bessie Guy President of Charlottesville Church Women United; gospel singer for the State Department during World War II who sang for troops oversees. Known for "The Green Pastures" spirituals by Hall Johnson, in film and Europe
Nancy Hale Bowers First woman journalist on the New York Times
Beverly A. Hankins First female faculty at UVA McIntire School of Commerce and a working mother who commuted to DC. Involved with the restoration of Ford Theatre
Sheila Vega Hardy Founder of UVA branch of Delta Epsilon Omega, an African American fraternity/sorority who graduates in 1975 with a B.S. in Nursing
William McKinley "Bill" Harris Founding Dean of UVA Afro-American Affairs Office to promote the welfare of Black students who served in that position from August 1976 to July 1982
Carolyn B. "Karen" Hartsock A young girl who saved her brother and sister in house fire on 6/13/82
Satyendra Singh Huja Became Charlottesville's Director of Planning & Community Development in 1973 who oversaw the creation of the pedestrian Downtown Mall. Would late become first Sikh Mayor
Charlotte Jennings Yancey Humphris Queen of the First Annual Charlottesville Apple Harvest Festival in 1950, served on Albemarle County Board of Supervisors from 1989 to 2001
John & Mary Isreal A couple funded by Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C., US-China People's Friendship Association
Alice Wesley Ivory first Black member of the Arts Association known for her sculpture and art
Margaret Jefferson TBD
Dr. Nathan Johnson First African American faculty member at the University of Virginia School of Education from 1967 to 1979 who also served six years as Associate Director of UVA Desegregation Center
Cornelia Johnson First African American woman on the City police force beginning in 1976 and third female officer
Donald W. Jones African American assistant to President of UVA, Frank Hereford
Richard Chapin Jones First state forester for Virginia, appointed March 1, 1915 who also taught Forestry at UVA until 1928
Frances Ramsey Joseph Founded July 4th Scottsville Festival
Marion Kanour First woman Army ROTC graduate at the University of Virginia
Ellie Wood Page Keith First woman to have city street named after her, horseback riding teacher
Alice Gertrude Whitten Kelso Member of American Association of University Women
Hazel Hopkins Key Assistant librarian in the UVA School of Law; employed 50 years at UVA
Heinz Kramp Founder of Innisfree Village in 1971, a therapeutic cooperative community with adults with mental disabilities; 1991 started "The Bridge"
Suzy M. Thomas & Nathan Lane Tom built Frances Brand's galleries, studied architecture
Charles "Chuck" Langham Founder of SCROOGE - Society to Curtail Ridiculous Outrageous & Ostentatious Gift Exchanges
Lyn Lee Doctor
David Lee Taiwanese diplomat who earned both of his graduate degrees from the University of Virginia, lived with Brand of Virginia
Sandra Levine Restored the local American Association of University Women and helped found the Piedmont Council of the Arts in 1979
Priscilla Little Founding member of FOCUS Women's Resource Center and an elder at Westminster Presbyterian Church in 1983
Mr. Liu First UVA graduate student from China
Adah Anita Lotti One of the first women doctors in the area and a graduate of the of UVA Medical School in 1925, the first class to include women
John Christian Lowe International lawyer, cofounder of Camp Faith
Dumas Lowe Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Biographer-in-Residence, professor emeritus of history at UVA
John "Jack" Eacott Manahan TBD
Anna Anderson Manahan Claimed to be Anastasia, daughter of Czar Nicholas II of Russia
Ora Ann Manahan Charlottesville City Treasurer
George & Ruth Maverick Friends of Frances Brand - the words "lynch" and "maverick" originate from their family name
Ellen Dale McCallin First seminarian planning to be a priest
Irina Igorevna Estakhova McClellan Married UVA Russian History Professor Woodford D. McClellan on 5/4/1974 in Moscow and they were reunited 1/30/1986. Author of "Of Love & Russia"
Irena Berry Norvelle McCormick Brand described her as a "specialist in living because her life is so rich and also did beautiful quilting." McCormick lived to age 107 in Covesville
Sally McCormick SPCA
John F. Merchant First Black graduate of UVA School of Law in 1958
Henry Mitchell First African American president of the Board of Education, priest at Trinity Episcopal
Gertrude Mitchell First African American member of the local AAUW; First Black employee of Army Foreign Science & Tech Center; First Black female civil servant in Region 3 of federal Health, Education, and Welfare Department
Beatrice "Bea" Mook First woman to deliver baby using Lamaze methods, 2007 publicist for The Jefferson Area Board For Aging
Martha Brown Morrison First Charlottesville-Albemarle member of the famous 99's, the International Organization of Women Pilots; Became a licensed pilot in 1941; moved to Charlottesville in 1968
Edith K. Mosher Developed teaching methods; co-author "ESEA The Office of Education Administers A Law" in 1968
Susan & Sandra Murray First girls on boy's soccer team with the City League in C'ville, attended AHS
Ellen “Enie” Virginia Nash First woman to practice law on Charlottesville's Court Square; Second woman on the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors
Marion Nolan m. Stanton
Nancy O'Brien First female mayor of Charlottesville
Doris Overcash First female mail carrier of Charlottesville
Julia Pace First white woman on the Charlottesville police force
Yvette Parsons Patient advocate, ombudsman, University of Virginia Hospital
Comilla Payne First teacher of arts in local public schools
Sara A. Payne First female minister of Presbyterian Church in Crozet
Catherine G. "Kay" Peaslee First woman to produce a weekly when she founded the Observer in 1978
Elizabeth Pigeon Only woman professor at UVA in the early 1900s; founded Charlottesville chapter of AAUW
Anna Lucia Puerta First flag woman in area
Elbert L. Radford Scottsville
Booker Reaves First African American to receive master's degree from UVA
Brenda C. Redmond Prominent female women mystery writers in the area, wrote Rena under pen name B. Gayle pub. 1977
Amy Carter Reid African American woman Baptist minister ordained 1944, president of Charlottesville Church Women United
Glenda F. Richardson First female welder in the area
Jill Tietsort Rinehart First woman on Charlottesville City Council, 1972-1976
Leslie E. Rudolf First doctor to perform kidney transplant in area, and member of American Society Of Transplant Surgeons
Ralph L. Jr. Sampson Basketball player for UVA 1979-1983; at UVA was three-time College Player of the Year; professional basketball player, 1983-1992
Virginia Ann Scott First woman who sued to open UVA to women, 1969
Elizabeth Seabrook Became executive director of the Senior Center in 1979 and Woman of the Year in 1989
Jannene L. Shannon First female judge in the area
W. Ralph Singleton First from area to perfect a hybrid corn which then was grown all over the world
William Spence Smith Presbyterian minister, community workshops, at Westminster 1969-88
Zengxuan Song Painting- "TC-1 Cell Line" lab coat, bottle
William A. Stickle First Roman Catholic chaplain to UVA 1959-75; founded St. Thomas Aquinas 1963
Gregory Hayes Swanson First African American who sued to open UVA to African Americans, applied in 1950 at age 26, lawyer from Danville
Kathryn C. Thornton Astronaut, selected by NASA in May 1984, became astronaut in July 1985, physicist
Grace L. Tinsley First African American member of Charlottesville Board of Education
Elizabeth Nelson Tompkins 1st woman graduate of UVA School of Law 1923, 23-25 law office of Judge Duke, 1925 on in Richmond
Paul Toomey Champion ice skater from area, field research in India, later in Boston
Mary Updike Started Meals on Wheels in area
Otis Updike Professor Emeritus of chemical and biochemical engineering at UVA, worked with NASA, 41 BS CHE
Joseph Lee Vaughan First UVA Provost
Teresa Jackson Walker-Price One of the first African American librarians in the local school system
Miriam Cooper Walsh First female Hollywood star in the area
Hong Kui Wang First scholar from mainland China to come to UVA, computer expert 1980's, holding "Edward A. Parish Jr. Elec ENGR, Computers"
Constance Chandler Ward First woman from St. Paul Church to become a priest Feb. 1978
Linwood Hughes Warwick Geologist for Virginia for 50 years, 1908-1959, U.S. Geological Survey
Randolph Louis White Charlottesville-Albemarle Tribune
Eugene Williams Buys and renovates houses to rent or sell, 1954 pres. of local NAACP
David Wilson Founded the School of Psychiatry at University of Virginia, worked for race relations
Margaret Wood First woman hired by UVA to teach stress training, Soroptimist Int'l
Jay Worrall Founder of Offender Aid & Restoration June 1970, Colonel in Army, Quaker (MACH Vol. 40), founder of & 1st exec dir of MACAA

Video presentation

<youtube>naN5Ip4JPCI</youtube>

External Links

1987 interview with Frances Brand about her interactions with civil rights leaders, provided by the University of Virginia Library

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Web. Remarkable "firsts" in Charlottesville, Lynn Rainville, Blog Post, Loco History, July 27, 2008, retrieved May 4, 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Web. Purple Gain: France Brand's house gets painted, Maxey Hackworth, The Hook (via web.archive.org), January 30, 2003, retrieved June 22, 2022.
  3. Web. [ Our Firsts, Great and Small], Aleta Burchyski, Charlottesville Woman, March 1, 2011, retrieved January 26, 2012.
  4. Web. Online Exhibit: France Brand Collection Exhibit, Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society, retrieved January 26, 2012.
  5. Web. Online Exhibit: France Brand Collection Exhibit, Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society, January 30, 2003, retrieved January 26, 2012.
  6. https://gisweb.charlottesville.org/GisViewer/