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This Grafton native was known for her clay sculptures such as "Madonna of the Hills" and "The Moonshiner?"
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What Army nurse from Roane County spent more than three years in an internment camp in the Philippines during World War II?
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In 1969, this Putnam County native became the first woman to head an independent administrative agency of the federal government.
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What county seat was named for the city founder's daughter-in-law?
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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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Marshall College (now University) President James E. Morrow was the grandfather of this famous person.
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Who wrote the classic children's novel Shiloh?
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Anne Newport Royall was best known for writing in this genre.
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How many women have served as West Virginia treasurer?
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This Morgantown native was the first Black manager in NASA history, having directed the West Area Computing unit.
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