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Sunday News Leader, March 21, 1993 Abby, Page E2 Heloise, Page E5 Historic trail honors Virginia women i saved important state papers and artifacts from the White House as the Mary Blackford (1802-1896) One of the few antebellum Southern women to formulate a systematic critique of slavery, Mary Blackford was active in the colonization and temperance movements and lamented secession even though all five of her sons chose to fight for the Sissieretta Jones (1869-1933) Virginia's outstanding professional musician of the 19th century, Jones, though prevented by racial prejudice from pursuing a career in opera, sang both the classical repertory and African-American works in recital, performed with the composer Antonin Dvorak, entertained President Harrison at the White House and challenged the constraints traditionally imposed upon black Johnston (1870-1936) progressive force of black women in Virginia, the South and nationwide by organizing and helping to run numerous associations dedicated to the welfare and advancement of black Americans. Kate Waller Barrett (1857-1925) A leading voice on social policy issues affecting women and children, Kate Waller Barrett held a series of important positions, including delegate to the White House Conference for Dependent Children in 1909; president to the National Council of Women; vice president of the Virginia Equal Suffrage League and delegate to the Versailles Peace Conference. Lila Meade Valentine (1865-1921) A pioneer in health care, education reform and the women's suffrage movement in Virginia, Valentine is the only woman to be honored for her accomplishments by a marble memorial in the state capitol in her hometown of Richmond. Mary-Cook Branch Munford (1865-1948) As a local and national leader, Munford devoted her life to ameliorating the status of children, women and minorities through broadening access to education and improving its quality. Janie Porter Barrett (1865-1948) A teacher by training and an educational pioneer dedicated to bringing instruction in practical skills to underprivileged children, Barrett, in 1915, founded and later headed the Virginia Industrial School for Colored Girls, winning national acclaim for the innovative methods and success of the school which today bears her name.

Maggie Lena Walker (1867-1934) 1 1 celebrate March as Women's History Month the Virginia Division of Tourism is distributing a free brochure called "Women of Virginia Historic Trail." The trail highlights 30 women who have made outstanding contributions to Virginia history. In addition to a brief description of each woman, the brochure includes a map and list of important sites in their lives. Included are the Scott County mountain home of the mother of country music, Maybelle Carter; Richmond's Van Lew House site, where Union spy Mary Elizabeth Bowser lived as a slave; Alexandria's library, named after social issues policy advocate, Kate Waller Barrett; the Warm Springs home of best-selling novelistfeminist, Mary Johnston; the statue of Indian Princess Pocahontas near the Jamestown Island site where she married English colonist John Rolfe. Twenty-five other women are featured in the brochure. The historic women's trail and brochure were developed by the Virginia Business and Professional Women's Foundation in cooperation with the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy.

To receive a free copy of the brochure plus a Virginia is the Lovers TraveJ Guide and state highway map, contact the Virginia Division of Tourism, 1021 E. Cary Street, Richmond, VA 23219, or call (804) 786-4484. Following is a listing of the Virginia historical women honored in the brochure: English prepared to set fire to Washington in the War of 1812. Pocahontas (c.15951596-1617) Daughter of Powhatan, paramount chief of eastern Virginia's Indians, Pocahontas was captured at age 18 by Jamestown colonists, married English colonist John Rolfe in a love match, and was feted by London high society as a high-born "ambassador" from a civilization new to Europeans when she visited England in 1616 with her husband and son. Cockacoeske (mid-17th century) Queen of the Pamunkey Indians, she was instrumental in forging the 1677 Treaty of Middle Plantation which restored peace in the wake of Bacon's Rebellion and held for nearly 100 years.

Catherine Blaikley (c.1695-1771) An early foremother of professional women, Blaikley developed a midwifery practice in Williamsburg that helped bring more than 3,000 children into the world. Ann Makemie Holden (c.1702-1788) Not just a woman of means, Ann Makemie Holden was also a woman of substance as an independent and successful manager of her holdings, an esteemed member of her community and a champion of the cause of American Mary Draper Ingles (Inglis) (1729-1813) Surviving capture by Shawnee Indians on the Virginia frontier, an arduous march towards the Ohio River, escape and 42 days in the wilderness as she struggled to return home, Ingles exemplifies the bravery and resourcefulness of pioneer women. Clementina Rind (c. 1740-1774) A renowned woman of affairs in 18th-century Virginia, Clementina Rind became the printer of the Virginia Gazette after her husband's death, was awarded the position of official printer of the colony's public contracts and proved herself an ardent defender of the freedom of the press. Martha Washington (1731-1802) The First Lady of the young nation embodied the era's ideals of female.

Virtue and patriotism with her devotion to her husband, household and country and inspired women to imitate her relief work during the Revolutionary War. brated painters and a driving force behind the establishment of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Houstan was also an advocate for the rights of women and children as a member of Equal Suffrage League of Virginia and the Children's Code Commission of Virginia. Queen Stovall (1887-1980) Al- though she did not start to paint until she was a great-grandmother, Queen Stovall's natural talent was apparent from the time she completed her first art-class assignment and her canvases depicting the rituals and tradition of farm life in and around Lynchburg gained her recognition as one of the nation's premier folk artists. Naomi Cohn (1889-1982) A committed advocate of social reform, Cohn strove tirelessly to improve the conditions of working women and advance the rights of children in the state, efforts that earned her the sobriquet of "one-woman lobby" among General Assembly members. Geline MacDonald Bowman (1890-1946) A successful business owner herself, this champion of working women was instrumental in the founding (1919) and development of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, an organization dedicated to securing women's rights in the workplace and advancing the interests of women.

Maybelle Carter (1909-1978) Initially a member of one of country music's most influential groups, the Carter Family, and later a solo performer, Maybelle Carter was a master on the guitar, banjo and Chiefly remembered for her historical novel, To Have and to Hold (1900), a national best-seller, Mary Johnston was a popular and prolific writer who was also a feminist and co-founder of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia in 1909. Ellen Glasgow (1873-1945) Gifted novelist and 1942 Pulitzer Prize winner for "In This Our Life," Ellen Glasgow revealed in her fiction how the weight of tradition constrained Southern women and, as co-founder of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia, worked to lift constraints upon women and empower them. Virginia Estelle Randolph (1874- 1958) A training instructor from Henrico County, Randolph won appointment as the first supervisor in a privately-funded program designed to upgrade vocational training in the South, was instrumental in making the pioneering effort a success and gained national acclaim for her outstanding social services. Lucy Randolph Mason (1882- 1959) A powerful champion of women's rights, child labor reform and worker's rights, this legendary labor leader traveled the South tirelessly to win public support for the union movement in her capacity as regional public relations officer for the Congress of Industrial Organizations. Ann Spencer (1882-1975) Virginia's premier African-American poet, Spencer gained widespread acclaim for her work during the period of the Harlem Renaissance, and her home in Lynchburg with its famous garden, Edankraal, became a mecca for black writers and civil rights lead Sally Louisa Tompkins (1833-1916) Commissioned as a regular military officer with the rank of captain by Jefferson Davis so that she could continue running her hospital when private health facilities were ordered closed during the Civil War, Tompkins and her staff cared for the Confederacy's wounded with such skill that her hospital set the record for fewest patient deaths.

Elizabeth Van Lew (1818-1900) An outspoken opponent of slavery, Van Lew helped the Union cause by running a successful spy ring in Richmond during the Civil War and in her later years championed women's suffrage. Mary Elizabeth Bowser (c.1839-?) Freed slave of the Van Lew family and indispensable partner to Elizabeth Van Lew in her pro-Union espionage work, Mary Elizabeth Bowser was the informant planted in the Confederate White House who skillfully gathered military intelligence and passed it on to Van Lew, whose spy network then conveyed it to General Grant. Marion Harland (1831-1922) Best known for her popular cookbook, Common Sense in the Household (1871), Mary Virginia Hawes Terhune, who wrote under the pen name Marion Harland, was also a prolific, insightful writer on Southern manners and history. Rosa Dixon Bowser (1855-1931) Gifted teacher, promoter of education in the African-American community of Richmond and civic activist, Bowser helped marshal the 4 7 autoharp, helped popularize the rich repertoire of hill-country folk music and set a standard for other ers, from W.E.B. DuBois to Martin Luther King Nora Houstan (1833-1942) One of Virginia's most influential and cele- This African-American business woman, social activist and formidable community leader became the first woman bank president in America when she founded the St.

Luke Penny Savings Bank in Richmond in 1903. Dolley Madison (1768-1849) Dol-ley Madison proved herself not only the accomplished official hostess for President Thomas Jefferson and later her president husband, but also a woman of great courage when she Health food vs. fast food Woman wins right to portray male soldier in Civil War re-enactments By MATT YANCEY Associated Press Writer By DUSTY DONALDSON Staff Writer 1 KCHJra" 1... in Mi-Ay -Lj t. ids agree.

Tacos, pizza and hamburgers are great. What surprised second-graders at Tho mas C. McSwain Elementary School, though, was that an adult would agree with them. "Are tacos good or bad for us John Lubkowski, Staunton phar 4 I'M 1 1, i' ft f. I I Burgess returned the next day dressed as one of the female characters, but thereafter she became a rebel with a cause.

"Actually, I'm a damn Yankee; some of my ancestors fought for the Union," the Grand Rapids, native said. "But my husband's a Virginian, born and bred in Winchester, which changed hands some 72 times. He grew up with a lot of Civil War lore and got me interested." A confessed Civil War fanatic now, Burgess said she has documentation on 125 women who enlisted under male aliases and is preparing an annotated volume of letters home from one of them. "When (the rangers) confronted me, I told them I knew of three women who fought at Antietam, and they said they just didn't care," she said. "I know of five now.

There were a lot of young boys with high voices in the Civil War, so it was easy for women to slip in." The Sept. 17, 1862, Battle of Antietam was the single bloodiest day of the Civil War. About 2,000 Union troops and 2,700 Confederates were killed. An additional 19,000 from both sides were wounded and 3,000 of them later died. Burgess and her husband, who is a state ranger at the Bentonville battlefield in North Carolina, have participated in nearly two dozen other re-enactments.

She said she has found the same discrimination at other Civil War parks: Manassas, Gettysburg, Harper's Ferry and Appomattox. Burgess said park officials are not allowing an accurate portrayal of women in the Civil War, "or at least not allowing women to represent them accurately. I do everything that women did back then to conceal their gender. I smoke cigars. Women had to learn how to smoke and cuss to fit in." Now she's looking forward to again binding her breasts, cutting her hair and donning her Confederate garb to take part in the 130th anniversary re-enactment of the Battle of Gettysburg.

WASHINGTON (AP) The battlefield that produced the bloodiest day of the Civil War and emboldened Abraham Lincoln to free the slaves has brought forth another emancipation for women. This time, it's the National Park Service that's bloodied in what might be called the second Battle of Antie-tam. U.S. District Judge Royce Lam-berth ruled Wednesday that the agency unconstitutionally discriminated against women in barring them from portraying male soldiers in re-enactments at the Sharpsburg, battlefield. In a 66-page ruling, he prohibited the Interior Department and park rangers "from forbidding, hindering or discouraging individuals from participating in Living History events at Antietam because of their gender." And Lamberth suggested that Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt "consider amending" Park Service rules "to forbid the use of suspect characteristics such as gender as a ground for discrimination in casting" re-enactments at other historic battlefields.

For Lauren Cook Burgess, 36, of Fayetteville, N.C., it was sweet revenge against rangers who dismissed her as a "yahoo" when she dressed up as a Confederate fifer to participate in a field hospital re-enactment at Antietam in 1989. "I made the mistake of using the ladies room when I first got there, and immediately upon leaving it I was confronted and told, 'We don't allow women in uniform Burgess recalled in an interview Wednesday. She said she was told she could either remove the uniform and instead portray one of the six female characters local farm women or visiting ladies seeking loved ones in the re-enactment or leave the park. are (from left to right) Katie Duncan, 8, Kristen Murphey, 7, Corbin Davis, 7, and Erin Botkin, 7. macist, asked students at McSwain during a presentation on Wednesday.

Most agreed those fast foods taste good, but are they healthy for you? Yes, according to Lubkowski. "A taco, actually, is really good for you," he told the class which had just finished watching a video on the four basic food groups. He then asked the students to name the ingredients in tacos and identify the food group where each belonged. The hamburger belongs in the meat group, kids spontaneously responded, cheese is in the dairy group, lettuce is in the fruits and vegetable group and the tortilla is in the bread and grains group. And all provide essential nutrients for growing kids, Lubkowski added.

The kids gave similar breakdowns on ingredients in hamburgers and pizza. Lubkowski, with Peoples Drug Store at the Staunton Mall, speaks to kids at schools throughout the area. He also gives presentations, free of charge, to groups on poison prevention, drug and alcohol abuse and a variety of senior citizen health topics. Eat a balanced diet from all of the groups, he stressed. "There are good foods and bad foods," explained Lubkowski.

Potato chips was one example of a bad food. Ho-Ho was another. Those foods belong in the "other" foods group, he said. "Once in a while when your mom and dad let you it's okay to have a snack from the 'other' STAUNTON PHARMACIST John Lubkowski speaks about good and bad foods with second-graders Wednesday at Thomas C. McSwain Elementary School.

Students shown (Photo by Dusty Donaldson) "Never take medicine or candy from someone you don't know." TTTN arents, grandparents and teachers are some of the people kids can trust to XL give proper medicine, he said. "Never take somebody else's medicine or try to give them yours," he said. Stay away from drugs, even cough drops, belonging to other kids. What might be good medicine for another person could be a bad drug for you, he told the class. "Bad drugs can make you very, very sick and could even kill you," he said.

food group," Lubkowski said. "In fact, it's important not to eat too much of anything from any one food group. But it certainly wouldn't hurt for one of your snacks to be a piece of fruit instead of a Ho-Ho." Though they averaged about 7 years old, many of the kids were nutrition-wise. When asked what foods are bad for you, one boy an- swered, eggs. Lubkowski explained that eggs are from the meat group and are good for us.

The boy responded that eggs are loaded with cholesterol. With that, Lubkowski clarified that though eggs are nourishing, it true they should not be eaten daily. The students named some other "nutrient-empty" foods as candy bars, cookies and brownies. "But gum's not too bad for you," added Lubkowski, "especially if you chew sugar-free." The pharmacist went on to explain the differences in "good drugs and bad drugs." When you get sick and go to the doctor and he gives you drugs, that's medicine that's good for you, he said. i.