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This Shepherdstown native served as superintendent of the Army Nurse Corps during World War II.
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For what book was Pearl Buck awarded the 1932 Pulitzer Prize?
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Hinton native Sylvia Mathews Burwell was the first woman to serve as president of this university.
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She was known as "West Virginia's First Lady of Gospel Music."
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Who was the first West Virginian to perform at New York's Metropolitan Opera?
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How many women have represented West Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives?
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According to folklore, Zona Heaster Shue was also known as this.
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This Charleston native failed in her attempt to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975.
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Which one of these women did NOT serve in the U.S. military during World War II?
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She was a stage star during the Harlem Renaissance and later started music programs in Huntington's Black schools.
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