(1857 - 1925)
Born nearby at Clifton, Katherine Harwood Waller Barrett earned medical and nursing degrees. She devoted her professional life to the care and education of unmarried pregnant women, a group previously treated as outcasts. With philanthropist Charles Nelson Crittenton, Barrett founded a rescue home for unmarried pregnant girls in Atlanta in 1893. After her move to Northern Virginia, they co-founded the national Florence Crittenton Mission, the first philanthropic institution chartered by Congress. Supported by presidents, Barrett pursued her pioneering work nationally and internationally. For the first time for a woman, the flag at the Virginia State Capitol was lowered at her death in 1925.| HM Number | HM1CFW |
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| Tags | |
| Marker Number | E 135 |
| Year Placed | 2008 |
| Placed By | Department of Historic Resources |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Wednesday, October 15th, 2014 at 4:37pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18S E 296044 N 4260616 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 38.47056667, -77.33790000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 38° 28.234', W 77° 20.274' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 38° 28' 14.04" N, 77° 20' 16.44" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 540, 703, 202 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 733-899 Co Rd 611, Stafford VA 22554, US |
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