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Laura Arnold was the pro-Union sister of which Confederate general?
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At what hotel did some 200 members of the Women's Army Corps (WAC) and 35 civilian nurses serve during World War II?
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In 1956, delegate Elizabeth Drewry introduced a constitutional amendment that made West Virginia the last state to do this.
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This Ritchie County native was editor of the Pennsboro News, Wetzel Republican, West Union Record, Glenville Democrat, and Methodist Protestant Church Record.
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West Virginia's Madonna of the Trail is one of 12 identical statues erected across the country honoring pioneering women. Where is West Virginia's statue located?
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She was the first female state superintendent of schools in West Virginia.
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This blues singer from Huntington had diamonds from a bracelet implanted into her front teeth.
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Ruth Boggs taught and helped perpetuate this type of singing in Beckley.
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What future first lady of the United States was married at Harewood, a Washington family home, near Charles Town?
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This Clarksburg native has written extensively on the art of writing, children's books, and adult fiction, such as A Space Apart, which is largely based in West Virginia.
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