100 years ago, two women served in the General Assembly for the first time

A photograph of Sarah Lee Fain (left) and Helen Timmons Henderson is featured on the front page of the January 9, 1924, Norfolk Virginian-Pilot. (Credit: Library of Virginia)

As Women’s History Month opens Friday, the Virginia General Assembly now has the largest group of female lawmakers in history. Michael Pope has this story about Virginia’s first female lawmakers who broke the glass ceiling.

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