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Women of the Mountain State

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Who is considered the founder of Mother's Day?
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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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Who was the first woman to serve on the state Board of Education?
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Her 1970 poem "Appalachia" is considered one of the finest pieces of writing ever authored about the region.
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Anne Dudley came to West Virginia after the Civil War to teach Black students in what county?
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This former state poet laureate published the book Six O'clock Mine Report.
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This former state poet laureate published the book Gauley Mountain.
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This Charleston native failed in her attempt to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975.
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Marshall College (now University) President James E. Morrow was the grandfather of this famous person.
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She is the only woman to run for governor in a general election under the banner of one of the two major political parties.
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