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Modern Environmental History of Virginia

WebThe Environmental Shaping of the State and Its Regions Nonhuman environmental factors have shaped Virginia’s history in ways both subtle and direct. A …

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The Woman’s Medical College of the New York Infirmary

WebFaculty members of the Woman’s Medical College of the New York Infirmary in 1868–1869 are listed on this sheet. Among the professors are Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first …

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“Stop Influenza,” Big Stone Gap Post (October 9, 1918)

WebEpidemic Can Be Halted by Preventing Any Public Meetings Washington, Oct. 7.—The only way to stop the spread of Spanish influenza is to close all churches, …

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Eugenics at the University of Virginia

WebIn 1837, James Lawrence Cabell, who was a student of Dunglison’s at the UVA and University of Maryland medical schools, became UVA’s third professor of …

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Construction of Claude Moore Health Sciences Library

WebThis photograph, taken on December 17, 1974, shows the construction of the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library at the University of Virginia. The construction of the library, …

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Virginia Estelle Randolph (1870–1958)

WebVirginia Estelle Randolph, born of formerly enslaved parents in Richmond, was a pioneering educator, community health advocate, organizational leader, and …

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Eugenic Sterilization in Virginia

WebIn 1924, Virginia passed a compulsory sterilization law intended to limit the reproduction of disabled, poor, and “feebleminded” individuals committed to state …

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Starving Time, The

WebThe Starving Time refers to the winter of 1609–1610 when about three-quarters of the English colonists in Virginia died of starvation or starvation-related …

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John H. Bell (1883–1934)

WebJohn Hendren Bell was born in , the second of three sons and second of four children of Samuel Henry Lockridge Bell and Sarah Ellen Cosby Bell. His elder brother, …

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Joseph S. DeJarnette (1866–1957)

WebJoseph Spencer DeJarnette was born on September 29, 1866, in Spotsylvania County. He was the son of Elliott Hawes DeJarnette, formerly a captain in …

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Carrie Buck (1906–1983)

WebSome Buildings at the Virginia Colony for Feeble-Minded and Epileptics. Carrie Elizabeth Buck was born in on July 2, 1906, the daughter of Frank W. Buck, a tinner, and …

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Influenza Pandemic in Virginia, The (1918–1919)

WebIn 1918–1919 a new and deadly type of influenza spread across the United States and around the world. It raged through Virginia from the autumn of 1918 through …

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The Kepone Environmental Disaster

WebKepone Environmental and Medical Disaster. Kepone is the proprietary name for decachloroocta-hydro-1,3,4,-metheno-2H-cyclobuta [cd]-pentalene-2-one, a …

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Medicine in Virginia during the Civil War

WebThe medicine practiced in Virginia by the Union and Confederate armies during the American Civil War (1861–1865) was state of the art for its day and an …

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Virginia Tech Shootings

WebBackground Seung-Hui Cho was born on January 18, 1984, in South Korea, and came to the United States with his parents and older sister in 1992, living briefly in …

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Racial Integrity Laws (1924–1930)

WebRacial integrity laws were passed by the General Assembly to protect “whiteness” against what many Virginians perceived to be the negative effects of race …

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Walter Ashby Plecker (1861–1947)

WebWalter Ashby Plecker was born in Augusta County, Virginia, on April 2, 1861, the son of a well-to-do merchant and enslaver. In 1880 Plecker graduated from Hoover …

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The Norfolk and Portsmouth Yellow Fever Epidemic

WebThe Epidemic Arrives Market Square, Norfolk In 1855, Norfolk was a prosperous city of some 16,000 residents with one of the busiest harbors on the East …

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