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Arthur Ashe Promoting Heart Health

WebArthur Ashe, who suffered a heart attack in July 1979, just weeks before his thirty-sixth birthday, promotes heart health in this 1980s poster issued by the National Heart, Lung, …

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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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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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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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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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John Tyler (1790–1862)

WebJohn Tyler was the tenth president of the United States.The son of a Virginia governor, Tyler had already been a member of the House of Delegates and the Council …

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The Virginia Constitution of 1971

WebThe Need for Change The state’s existing constitution had been written in 1901–1902 and promulgated without a ratification referendum for the explicitly stated …

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"Spread of Influenza" (October 16, 1918)

WebSo far as the state at large is concerned, the situation growing out of the spread of Spanish influenza is far from encouraging and in some sections conditions are truly distressing. …

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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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Sixth Club Cadaver Society (1893)

WebMembers of the Sixth Club Cadaver Society at the University of Virginia pose with corpses and a skeleton in 1893. As part of their studies, these white medical students dissected …

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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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Robert E. Lee (1807–1870)

WebRobert Edward Lee was born on January 19, 1807, at Stratford Hall, his family’s estate in Westmoreland County, the youngest son of Henry Lee III and Ann Hill …

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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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James Longstreet (1821–1904)

WebLongstreet the Soldier Longstreet, who had no middle name, was born on January 8, 1821, near Edgefield, South Carolina, but was raised in Georgia and …

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Richard Henry Lee (1732–1794)

WebRichard Henry Lee was a planter, merchant, politician, and a member of the prominent Lee family of Virginia. Son of Thomas Lee, Richard Henry Lee pursued his …

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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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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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Weather during the Civil War

WebWeather in the Mid-Nineteenth Century. Meteorologically, the Civil War took place at the tail end of what is often termed the Little Ice Age, a period of general cooling …

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