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1950s TV star Virginia Ruth Egnor from Lincoln County and Huntington was known to the public by this nickname.
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Author Rebecca Harding Davis' best-known work depicted the plight of people working in this industry.
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Laiken Blankenship is the first woman to serve as editor of what publication.
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How many women have represented West Virginia in the U.S. Senate?
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This Charleston/Wheeling author's published stories include "The Dinner Set," "The Strange Looking Man," and "They Both Needed It."
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This author, who grew up in Keyser, wrote the classic novel Christy.
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This former state poet laureate published the books The Milkweed Ladies and Hill Daughter.
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This woman publicly disputed the Betty Zane legend and, through her friendship with Henry Clay, helped route the National Road from Wellsburg to Wheeling--right by her mansion.
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One of West Virginia's first licensed pilots, she led the West Virginia Wing of the Civil Air Patrol during World War II.
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She was the first solo female country artist to have a number one hit for eight weeks straight, a record not broken for 50 years.
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