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Leonora Barry

Leonora Barry (1849-1923) was the first woman paid to be a labor investigator in the US.

Eliza Douglas Keith

American educator, author, journalist, social reformer and suffragist

Adeline Davis

Canadian temperance reformer and author

Ada Kepley

American attorney, temperance agitator and minister

A noted educator and nationally known club woman, Bowser developed night classes and led summer teaching institutes throughout the state of Virginia for African American educators. She would later become a founder and president of the Virginia State Teachers Association.