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The Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine is associated with which institution?
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Which Wheeling-based author wrote the novels The Hills Step Lightly, The Gods and One, The Mountain People, and Roseanna McCoy.
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This native of Ireland was one of the leading figures in the Mine Wars.
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This author, who grew up in Keyser, wrote the classic novel Christy.
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Fairmont native Doris Piserchia is noted for writing in this genre.
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This country music singer, who grew up in Hinton, had 19 Top Ten hits, including “Then and Only Then,” "Nobody but a Fool (Would Love You)," “The Hurtin’s All Over,” and “Cincinnati, Ohio."
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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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She was a stage star during the Harlem Renaissance and later started music programs in Huntington's Black schools.
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What Randolph County native is best known for her duets with husband "Stoney?"
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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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