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Strength in Sisterhood

From mentorship to mutual aid, local women’s organizations are creating spaces where connection leads to opportunity and change.

Powerful Trailblazers

Women across Southwest Virginia are expanding outdoor access, building community, and reshaping who feels welcome on the region’s trails, rivers, and greenways.

“Miss Mary”

Mary Garber, the South’s first full-time female sportswriter, forged a pioneering career from Hollins College to decades on the sports page, opening doors for generations of women in journalism.

Maximum Impact

The Roanoke Women’s Foundation has transformed the community by helping fund local nonprofits and awarding millions in grants that support arts, education, health, and human services.

A Steady Source of Light

Reverend Dr. Amy Christine Hodge leads by example, and that example, she believes, is divinely inspired.

Turning the Page at City Hall

Valmarie Turner steps into leadership with vision and experience.

Women Who Make Your Day at the Lake

A spotlight on the women powering Smith Mountain Lake’s business scene.

A Witness to History

Terri Hairston reflects on her role in Roanoke’s school desegregation and her groundbreaking career at VMI.

Inspiring at Any Age: 20 Over 50

Meet this year’s list of 20 women over 50 who are writing new chapters for themselves and impacting the community while doing it.

Women Who Lead

These women drive impactful change across all sectors with dedication, leadership and community-focused service.

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Strength in Sisterhood

Strength in Sisterhood

From mentorship to mutual aid, local women’s organizations are creating spaces where connection leads to opportunity and change.
Alex Siple, executive director of The Wild Way.

Powerful Trailblazers

Women across Southwest Virginia are expanding outdoor access, building community, and reshaping who feels welcome on the region’s trails, rivers, and greenways.
Mary Garber featured in the The Spinster 1938 Hollins College (now University) yearbook.

“Miss Mary”

Mary Garber, the South’s first full-time female sportswriter, forged a pioneering career from Hollins College to decades on the sports page, opening doors for generations of women in journalism.
maximum impact

Maximum Impact

The Roanoke Women’s Foundation has transformed the community by helping fund local nonprofits and awarding millions in grants that support arts, education, health, and human services.
Reverend Dr. Amy Christine Hodge

A Steady Source of Light

Reverend Dr. Amy Christine Hodge leads by example, and that example, she believes, is divinely inspired.
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Turning the Page at City Hall

Valmarie Turner steps into leadership with vision and experience.
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Women Who Make Your Day at the Lake

A spotlight on the women powering Smith Mountain Lake’s business scene.
CNN’s Jeanne Meserve interviewing Hairston on the day that the first women arrived at VMI. Hairston estimates that she probably did some 30 interviews that day.

A Witness to History

Terri Hairston reflects on her role in Roanoke’s school desegregation and her groundbreaking career at VMI.
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Inspiring at Any Age: 20 Over 50

Meet this year’s list of 20 women over 50 who are writing new chapters for themselves and impacting the community while doing it.
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Women Who Lead

These women drive impactful change across all sectors with dedication, leadership and community-focused service.

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Tenacity is the By-Word

Roanoke Vice Mayor Trish White-Boyd always has Roanoke’s best interests at heart – now hear her plans for its future

February 24, 2022