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This Fayette County native and labor leader allowed striking miners to camp on her land during the violent Paint Creek-Cabin Creek strike.
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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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Who was the first woman to serve in West Virginia's legislature?
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She was the first woman to hold statewide office in West Virginia.
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This Buckhannon native wrote a diverse range of biographies--from Francis Drake to Rachel Carson--before authoring her Newbery Award-winning book Carry On, Mr. Bowditch.
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Who wrote the classic children's novel Shiloh?
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Who made up the other half of the popular country, and later gospel, music duo with Lynn Davis?
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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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Logan Countian "Aunt Jennie" Wilson was considered a master at playing the clawhammer style of this instrument.
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She was the first woman elected to statewide office in West Virginia.
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