<h1>Episode Notes</h1>
<p>Virginia officially became part of the United States when it ratified the Constitution in 1788. For the next 200 years, only men represented Virginia’s citizens in the U.S. Congress. Until this week in 1993 when Leslie Byrnes became the first woman from Virginia elected to Congress.</p>

Episode Notes Virginia officially became part of the United States when it ratified the Constitution in 1788. For the next 200 years, only men represented Virginia’s citizens in the U.S. Congress. Until this week in 1993 when Leslie Byrnes became the first woman from Virginia elected to Congress.

Episode Notes
<p>Virginia officially became part of the United States when it ratified the Constitution in 1788. For the next 200 years, only men represented Virginia’s citizens in the U.S. Congress. Until this week in 1993 when Leslie Byrnes became the first woman from Virginia elected to Congress.</p>

Week of January 4: Virginia’s first woman in Congress starts her term

Sure, Virginia history includes big moments, big battles, and big names. But the richer history is full of smaller events occurring in the fullness of time. The disenfranchised, the nonconformists, and just regular people making Virginia history. Week in, week out. This Week in Virginia History explores those stories, curated by Nathan Moore and culled from the vast archives at Encyclopedia Virginia.

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Week of January 4: Virginia’s first woman in Congress starts her term