Welcome to Portfolio 2
When Women Use Their Power is our 10-month virtual exhibit featuring the accomplishments of outstanding women who worked in the four-county region of Culpeper, Orange, Madison and Rappahannock. Women were highlighted each month from March through December, 2021. As each feature ended, the video was posted in this Portfolio.
FIRST (March): educator and public servant, Murcelle Allen Coleman
SECOND (April): researcher and interpreter of Culpeper history, Angela Jeffers Chapman
THIRD (May): proprietor of the Horseshoe Inn, Minnie E. Howard Butler
FOURTH (June): foster mother, Ruth Dandridge Crenshaw Harris
FIFTH (July): mother and daughter; mother, Mary S. East Dade, was a midwife; her daughter, Lorraine T. Dade Trumpler, was a community benevolence worker
SIXTH (August): entrepreneur, restauranteur, philanthropist, Ruby M. Harrison Beck
SEVENTH (September): servant leader, author, Innkeeper for the Inn at Mount Vernon Farm, Lillian Y. Freeman Aylor
EIGHTH (October): licensed practical nurse; 43-year professional for Culpeper Memorial Hospital, Marlene A. Glascoe Ware (on this page beginning December 1)
NINTH (November): cook, culinary educator and author, Edna R. Lewis
TENTH (December): master pianist and choir director, Audrey A. Avery
Left: Download Press Release about the entire exhibit
Enter the exhibit at right.
When it downloads and you open the file, the slide show will begin automatically.
Murcelle A. Coleman Exhibit
Enter the exhibit for Angela Chapman by clicking on the arrow.
Enter the exhibit for Minnie H. Butler by clicking on the arrow.
Enter the exhibit for Ruth C. Harris by clicking on the arrow.
Enter the exhibit for Mary E. Dade and Lorraine D. Trumpler by clicking on the arrow and unmuting the sound (lower right).
Enter the exhibit for Ruby H. Beck by clicking on the arrow and unmuting the sound (lower right).
Enter the exhibit for Lillian F. Aylor by clicking on the arrow.
Enter the exhibit for Marlene G. Ware by clicking on the arrow.
Enter the exhibit for Edna R. Lewis by clicking on the arrow.
