Penny, Virginia
author, was born Jan. 18, 1826, in Louisville, Ky. She is an educator who has written much in relation to wider opportunities for women. She is the author of The Employment of Women; Five Hundred Occupations Adapted to Women; and Think and Act.
PENNYBACKER, ISAAC SAMUALS, lawyer, jurist, congressman, United States senator, was born Sept. 12, 1807, in Shenandoah county, Va. He was a representative in congress from 1837 to 1839; then judge of the district court of western Virginia; and was a senator in congress for the term from 1845 to 1851.
He died Jan. 12, 1847, in Washington, D. C.