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Which Confederate spy murdered her first Union soldier in Martinsburg on July 4, 1861?
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Hinton native Sylvia Mathews Burwell served as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services in this president's administration.
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1950s TV star Virginia Ruth Egnor from Lincoln County and Huntington was known to the public by this nickname.
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Her 1970 poem "Appalachia" is considered one of the finest pieces of writing ever authored about the region.
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How many women have served as West Virginia's governor?
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The work of these two West Virginia native mathematicians helped launch astronauts into orbit and land on the moon.
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This Buckhannon native wrote a diverse range of biographies--from Francis Drake to Rachel Carson--before authoring her Newbery Award-winning book Carry On, Mr. Bowditch.
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What Pocahontas County native was known for teaching pottery and sculpture at the Greenbrier.
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Logan Countian "Aunt Jennie" Wilson was considered a master at playing the clawhammer style of this instrument.
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This Marion County native chaired the West Virginia Equal Suffrage Association Ratification Committee.
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