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Who was the legendary daughter of Shawnee chief Cornstalk?
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This Monroe County historian and doctor is remembered for making lye soap at the annual Mountain State Art & Craft Fair.
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Who was the first woman from West Virginia to win a gold medal in the Olympics?
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What Martinsburg native won a gold medal in women's basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics?
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She was known as "West Virginia's First Lady of Gospel Music."
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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 Charleston native starred in the TV show Alias.
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This Monongalia County native and WVU graduate was one America's leading abstract painters and print makers.
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She was a stage star during the Harlem Renaissance and later started music programs in Huntington's Black schools.
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Who had a hit with the 1947 country song "Beyond the Sunset?"
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