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Who is considered the founder of Mother's Day?
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This Morgantown native was the 100th woman to fly in space.
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Which Confederate spy murdered her first Union soldier in Martinsburg on July 4, 1861?
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Who was the first woman from West Virginia to win a gold medal in the Olympics?
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She is one of the most decorated women in U.S. military history.
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Who was the first West Virginian to perform at New York's Metropolitan Opera?
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This Bluefield native wrote the novels Storming Heaven and The Unquiet Earth and was the Mountain Party candidate for governor in 2000.
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She is the third woman from West Virginia to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Marshall College (now University) President James E. Morrow was the grandfather of this famous person.
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In what year did women get the right to vote in West Virginia?
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