{"id":7844,"date":"2021-01-08T16:37:34","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T16:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/historicmissourians.shsmo.org\/?page_id=7844"},"modified":"2022-12-21T22:44:23","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T22:44:23","slug":"virginia-minor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/historicmissourians.shsmo.org\/virginia-minor\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Minor"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][vc_single_image image=”7856″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1610120764641{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”Virginia Minor” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1610059731270{margin-top: 32px !important;margin-bottom: 32px !important;}” el_class=”bio-page-head”][vc_raw_html]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[\/vc_raw_html][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Virginia Minor was an important suffragist. At a time when women could not vote, Minor became a leader in the women’s rights movement and established the first women’s suffrage organization in Missouri.<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”8px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]Born to Warner and Marie Timberlake Minor on March 27, 1824, Virginia Minor grew up in Charlottesville, Virginia. Little is known about her early years and education. In 1843 she married attorney Francis Minor, a distant cousin, and moved to St. Louis.<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Although they came from wealthy southern families, the Minors supported the Union during the Civil War. Many women in St. Louis, including Virginia Minor and Phoebe Couzins<\/a>, joined the Ladies’ Union Aid Society. Members donated supplies, provided financial assistance, volunteered in military hospitals, and served as battlefield nurses.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″]\r\n\t\t\t\t