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Women of the Mountain State

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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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Artist Helen Chilton is best known for her paintings of these.
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In 2018, this Boone County native and six-time chief justice of the state Supreme Court resigned from the bench during an impeachment inquiry involving the entire court.
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In recent years, have the birth rates of women in West Virginia been increasing, decreasing, or staying about the same?
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Which university's art gallery is named for Della Brown Taylor Hardman?
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She was the first woman to hold statewide office in West Virginia.
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She was the first woman elected to the executive branch of West Virginia's government.
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This Bluefield native was the first woman to play professional baseball for a previously all-male major-league team.
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This former state poet laureate published the book Gauley Mountain.
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The story of this entertainer from Wayne County and her relationship with Louisiana Governor Earl Long was made into a major film with Paul Newman and Lolita Davidovich playing the leads.
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