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This frontier legend is buried at Tu-Endie-Wei State Park in Point Pleasant.
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Who was the first woman to serve on the state Board of Education?
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She was known as "West Virginia's First Lady of Gospel Music."
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About what percentage of West Virginia women have jobs in the labor force?
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Which one of these organizations taught and encouraged women to can food in the early 1900s?
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West Virginia's Madonna of the Trail is one of 12 identical statues erected across the country honoring pioneering women. Where is West Virginia's statue located?
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When appointed director of the Department of Mental Health, she became the first Black woman in West Virginia to hold a high-level state administrative position.
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Fairmont native Doris Piserchia is noted for writing in this genre.
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Who was the first woman to serve on the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals?
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This Marion County native chaired the West Virginia Equal Suffrage Association Ratification Committee.
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