Florence Saunders Farley was the first African American woman elected as mayor of Petersburg, VA. A native of Roanoke, VA, Florence Saunders Farley earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Virginia State College (now Virginia State University) in 1950. After completing her degree, she entered the Women’s Army Corps, where she became a second lieutenant […]
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