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Women of the Mountain State

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She was known as "Charleston's First Lady as Jazz."
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In 1920, this actress and Preston County dairy farmer became the first woman to second a presidential nominee in a major party nominating convention.
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She was known as "West Virginia's First Lady of Gospel Music."
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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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What geologic feature located across from the Greenbrier is named for pioneer Kate Carpenter?
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This blues singer from Huntington had diamonds from a bracelet implanted into her front teeth.
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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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What Black educator from Tucker County won an important civil rights case more than a half-century prior to Brown vs. Board of Education?
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One of West Virginia's first licensed pilots, she led the West Virginia Wing of the Civil Air Patrol 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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