March was Women's History Month (womenshistorymonth.gov/about.html).
During February 2013 -- which was African American History Month -- I had
tweeted about extraordinary African American Oklahoma women. For March 2013 --
Women's History Month -- I decided to tweet on extraordinary Oklahoma women who
are deceased. Below are those tweets:
Mildred Imach Cleghorn 1910-1997. Chair, Fort
Sill Chiricahua/Warm Spring Apache Tribe 18 years ow.ly/j6SOK
Mona Sue Salyer Lambird 1938-1999. 1st female
president of the Oklahoma Bar Association (1996) ow.ly/j6MfG
2nd female president of Oklahoma Bar Assoc =
Stillwater attorney Melissa DeLacerda (2003)ow.ly/j6R5f ow.ly/i/1HJbx
Edith Kinney Gaylord 1916-2001. Pioneering
journalist/philanthropistow.ly/j6GH3 ow.ly/j6GMK
Jeane Kirkpatrick 1925-2006. 1st woman
appointed permanent US rep to United Nations (1981-85) ow.ly/j6FDP
Jessie Thatcher Bost 1875-1963. 1st woman
graduate from Oklahoma A&M College - today's OSU - & OK's 1st woman
graduate.
Read more about Oklahoma's Jessie Thatcher
Bost at ohehs.org/hof/jessiebost…
Mary "Te Ata" Thompson 1895-1995.
Chickasaw actress/storyteller. 1st person named Oklahoma State Treasure ow.ly/j6D88
Mabel Bassett 1876-1935 Politician, OK's 3rd
Commissioner of Charities & Corrections 1923-1947 ow.ly/j6Com
Louise Fluke designed our state flag oksenate.gov/news/press_rel…
Pilot/Chickasaw legislator Pearl Carter Scottamazon.com/Never-Give-Up-…pearlthemovie.net
Eula Pearl Carter Scott 1915-2005. Chickasaw.
Holds record of youngest pilot in US at the time of her 1st solo 9-12-29
"Sagebrush Artist" Augusta Metcalfe,
1881-1971, farmed 78 yrs in Cheyenne, OK; her paintings won nationwide acclaim
SxSW Google Glass panel included developer of
contact lens version like in SIGHTvimeo.com/46304267 @leolaporte @TWiT@jeffjarvis
Lucille Mulhall 1885-1940 "America's
Greatest Horsewoman;" her performance lead to coining the term
"cowgirl" in 1905
Here are links to info on Okie horsewoman
Lucille Mulhall: Book ow.ly/iub7w &
good essayow.ly/iubi5
Ck out "Who's Rocking the Cradle?: Women
Pioneers of Oklahoma Politics From Socialism to the KKK, 1900-1930" (S
Schrems)...
Susan Ryan Peters from Anadarko, Oklahoma
founded the Kiowa Indian School of Art ow.ly/iucZX...
Alice Brown Davis 1852-1935. Principal chief
of Seminole Tribe 1922-1935; 1st woman to hold post ow.ly/iu8TE
Okie Mae Boren Axton had over 200 of her songs
recorded. Her son was songwriter/singer/actor Hoyt Axton. ow.ly/iu78u
Mae Boren Axton 1914-1997. Songwriter best
known for co-writing "Heartbreak Hotel," Elvis Presley’s 1st single
on RCA
Bertha Teague, 1906-91. Basketball coach Byng
HS Ada 1927-69. Career record 1,157 to 115; video ow.ly/iu5ld
Bertha Teague founded 1st girl's basketball
clinic & camp in SW USA. Named Coach of the Decade for '30s, '40s &
'70s ow.ly/iu5Ah
Perle Mesta 1890-1975. Socialite, Minister to
Luxembourg 1949-1953. See "Perle: My Story" ow.ly/iu3MT
Perle Mesta was an ardent feminist, a member
of National Women's Party, and helped start the World Women's Party.
Perle Mesta's social skills (aka Hostess with
the Mostess) were inspiration for Irving Berlin's "Call Me Madame" ow.ly/iu4gY
Tulsan Sadie Adwon was 1st woman general
manager of an Oklahoma TV station (KTUL). OK Broadcasters Hall of Fame 1989
Lamar Looney, 1871-1935. 1st woman elected to
the Oklahoma Senate; served 4 terms (1920-1927) ow.ly/iu3pi
In 1926, Lamar Looney ran unsuccessfully for
US Senate. She supported women's right to vote and, at age 52, was admitted to
Oklahoma bar.
Bessie McColgin 1875-1972. 1st woman elected
to Oklahoma House of Representatives (1920). See ow.ly/iu1Mv
Alma Bell Wilson 1917-1999. 1st female
appointed (1982) to OK Supreme Court. See video vimeo.com/51239249
Alma Wilson earned her JD from University of
Oklahoma in 1941 when less than 3% of US lawyers were women. See bio ow.ly/iu0oB
Winnie M. Sanger was Oklahoma's first female
doctor (1904).
Alice Mary Robertson 1854-1931. 2nd woman in
USA to serve in US Congress; 1st from Oklahoma ow.ly/itZ65
"Angie Debo: Pioneering Historian"
by Shirley Leckie; PBS's great documentary "Indians, Outlaws, and Angie
Debo" ow.ly/itYpZ
Angie Debo 1890-1988. Teacher, leading
historian, scholar, & author on Indian history. See "And Still The
Waters Run"
Kate Barnard, 1874-1930: 1st women in US elected to statewide
office (OK Commissioner of Charities & Corrections 1907)
Zora Brown 1949-2013: Advocate 4 cancer
research & breast cancer awareness among minorities ow.ly/isubS ow.ly/isujh
Okie songwriter Mae Boren Axton, 1914-1997,
co-wrote Elvis Presley’s 1st RCA single "Heartbreak Hotel." 200+ of
her songs were recorded.
Oklahoman Mae Boren Axton wrote the book
"Country Singers As I Know ‘em." Her son was songwriter/singer/actor
Hoyt Axton.
