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Women of the Mountain State

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Born enslaved, she once owned all of what is now the campus of West Virginia State University.
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This Grafton native was known for her clay sculptures such as "Madonna of the Hills" and "The Moonshiner?"
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Fannie Cobb Carter organized the first teacher-training department at what is now known as this school.
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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 one of these organizations taught and encouraged women to can food in the early 1900s?
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This woman lost two of her husbands to gun violence in less than 15 months during the Mine Wars.
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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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Where was the first Mother's Day in the United States held?
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Anne Newport Royall was best known for writing in this genre.
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Dorothy Thompson of Tucker County was awarded a prestigious National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellowship for this skill.
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