Longtime city civic activist dies at 87 (Richmond, VA)

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http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031780289119&path=%21news&s=1045855934842

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Whether the issue was race relations, urban development, education, family planning, history or the arts, Mrs. McClenahan was a leader who insisted that all of her efforts centered around a better future for "my city" and those who will inherit it.

In 1981, she founded the Richmond Urban Forum, an organization that brought together white and black community leaders.

Though a product of the conservative Richmond tradition, Mrs. McClenahan's personal politics were progressive. She openly supported Democratic candidates for state office -- perhaps, most notably, her 1985 endorsement of Mary Sue Terry, the first woman to be elected attorney general in Virginia.

Lt. Gov. Timothy M. Kaine called her "one of the most gracious, dedicated, charitable people I've ever met."

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Sounded like one cool lady!