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Who is considered the founder of Mother's Day?
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What was the name of Harman Blennerhassett's wife?
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Cabin Creek Quilts was a self-help cooperative for coal miners' wives and widows located in which county?
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Artist Helen Chilton is best known for her paintings of these.
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This author was the daughter of an unsuccessful presidential candidate.
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Author Rebecca Harding Davis' best-known work depicted the plight of people working in this industry.
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Who was the first woman to serve in West Virginia's legislature?
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During the Civil War, which Confederate spy helped lead a raid on Summersville?
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This author, who grew up in Keyser, wrote the classic novel Christy.
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A cousin of Blanche Lazzell, this Morgantown native was once president of the Mason College of Fine Arts and Music in Charleston.
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