Windsor Farms in Richmond, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Mary-Cooke Branch Munford

1865-1938

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, December 18, 2009

1. Mary-Cooke Branch Munford Marker

Inscription. Mary-Cooke Branch Munford received her primary and secondary education in Richmond and New York. Prevented from attending college by her mother, Munford became an avid reader and developed an active social conscience. She served as the first woman on the Richmond School Board, helped organize the Virginia Inter-Racial Committee, advocated equal educational opportunities, and worked to improve rural high schools. Through her efforts, women were admitted to the College of William and Mary in 1918. She also served as a trustee of the National Child Labor Committee. Munford’s work exemplifies the public activism countless women pursued during the Progressive era.

Erected 2009 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number SA-3.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Civil Rights • Education • Women. In addition, it is included in the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1918.

Location. 37° 33.715′ N, 77° 30.046′ W. Marker is in Richmond, Virginia. It is in Windsor Farms. It is on Cary Street Road 0.1 miles west of Commonwealth Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Richmond VA 23221, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Virginia.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

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At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Windsor (approx. ¼ mile away); Virginia House (approx. 0.4 miles away); Intermediate Line of Confederate Defenses (approx. 0.6 miles away); Ampthill (approx. ¾ mile away); Wilton (approx. 0.9 miles away); English Village (approx. one mile away); a different marker also named Wilton (approx. one mile away); The Westwood Community (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Richmond.

Also see . . .
1. Mary-Cooke Branch Munford (1865–1938). Encyclopedia Virginia (Submitted on December 18, 2009.)

2. Mary-Cooke Branch Munford. Wikipedia (Submitted on December 27, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.)

Cary Street Road (facing west) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, December 18, 2009

2. Cary Street Road (facing west)

Mary Munford Elementary School image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, December 18, 2009

3. Mary Munford Elementary School

Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 18, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,203 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 18, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.