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This Monroe County historian and doctor is remembered for making lye soap at the annual Mountain State Art & Craft Fair.
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During World War II, she was one of the first American nurses to land in the Sicily invasion and received four Battle Stars, a Bronze Assault Arrowhead, a Meritorious Service Award, and two Presidential Unit Citations.
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What Kanawha County native appeared in the movie Edward Scissorhands and the TV show Two and a Half Men?
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She was a funeral director and civil rights leader in Charleston.
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This Wirt County native made national news after being captured and rescued during the Iraq War in 2003.
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How many women have served as West Virginia's secretary of state?
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This Fairmont native was the first female WVU Mountaineer mascot and later served as state secretary of state.
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How many women have been national president of the United Mine Workers of America labor union?
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This Clarksburg native has written extensively on the art of writing, children's books, and adult fiction, such as A Space Apart, which is largely based in West Virginia.
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This Doddridge County native was the only West Virginia woman to lose her life overseas during World War I.
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