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Where was the first West Virginia Girls' Basketball Tournament played?
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In 1920, this actress and Preston County dairy farmer became the first woman to second a presidential nominee in a major party nominating convention.
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For 75 years, Catholic nuns ran the DeSales Heights boarding school for women in this city before closing it to open the state's first Montessori school.
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Who was the first West Virginian to perform at New York's Metropolitan Opera?
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This Parkersburg music teacher wrote the 1971 book Singa Hipsy Doodle and Other Folk Songs of West Virginia.
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Which one of these organizations taught and encouraged women to can food in the early 1900s?
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What geologic feature located across from the Greenbrier is named for pioneer Kate Carpenter?
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This Wirt County native made national news after being captured and rescued during the Iraq War in 2003.
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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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Which one of these women did NOT serve in the U.S. military during World War II?
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