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Laura Arnold was the pro-Union sister of which Confederate general?
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In 1969, this Putnam County native became the first woman to head an independent administrative agency of the federal government.
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In 1938, this Pocahontas County native became the first American woman to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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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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She was the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate from West Virginia.
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This Mercer County native wrote the song "West Virginia, My Home."
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This Parkersburg music teacher wrote the 1971 book Singa Hipsy Doodle and Other Folk Songs of West Virginia.
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This Charleston native starred in the TV show Alias.
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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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How many women have served as West Virginia treasurer?
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