Voices From The Garden
Voices from the Garden: The Virginia Women’s Monument (2019): Just to the north of Mantle is the Virginia Women’s Monument. This monument stands as an enduring tribute to all of Virginia’s women, both renowned and unrecognized, who have shaped over 400 years of our culture, our country, and our great Commonwealth. The 11 women featured with bronze statues are: Anne Burras Laydon, Colonist; Cockacoeske, Pamunkey Chief; Mary Draper Ingles, Frontierswoman; Martha Washington, First Lady; Clementina Rind, Printer; Elizabeth Keckley, Seamstress and Author; Maggie L. Walker, Entrepreneur and Civil Rights Leader; Sarah G. Jones, Physician; Laura S. Copenhaver, Entrepreneur and Lutheran Lay Leader; Virginia E. Randolph, Educator; and Adèle Clark, Suffragist and Artist.