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Women of the Mountain State

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Where was the first federal women's prison in the United States?
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She was known as "Charleston's First Lady as Jazz."
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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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What county seat was named for the city founder's daughter-in-law?
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She was a funeral director and civil rights leader in Charleston.
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She was the first woman elected to the executive branch of West Virginia's government.
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This South Charleston native had country music hits with "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" and "Come from the Heart."
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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 Pocahontas County native was known for teaching pottery and sculpture at the Greenbrier.
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