Amy Arnold Holloway
{{Short description|American teacher and the 6th First Lady of Oklahoma}}
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| order = 6th
| office = First Lady of Oklahoma
| governor = William J. Holloway
| term_start = March 20, 1929
| term_end = January 12, 1931
| predecessor = Ethel Littleton Johnston
| successor = Mary Alice Hearrell Murray
| birth_name = Amy Augusta Arnold
| birth_place = Paducah, Kentucky, U.S.
| birth_date = {{birth date|1894|9|30}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1969|9|8|1894|9|30}}
| education = Ouachita College
| spouse = {{marriage|William J. Holloway|June 16, 1917}}
| children = William Judson Holloway Jr.
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Amy Augusta Arnold Holloway (September 30, 1894 – September 8, 1969) was an American teacher who served as the 6th First Lady of Oklahoma from 1929 to 1931 during the tenure of her husband William J. Holloway. She was also the mother of Judge William Judson Holloway Jr.
Biography
Amy Augusta Arnold was born on September 30, 1894, in Paducah, Kentucky, to Richard and Fannie Arnold. She was raised in Texarkana, Arkansas, attended Ouachita College, and met her future husband William J. Holloway while working as a teacher in Hugo, Oklahoma. The couple married on June 16, 1917.{{cite web |title=Inaugural Impressions: Amy Arnold Holloway (1894–1969) |url=https://www.okhistory.org/historycenter/bio?name=a-holloway |website=okhistory.org |publisher=Oklahoma Historical Society |access-date=January 28, 2025}}
She served as the 6th First Lady of Oklahoma from 1929 to 1931 during the tenure of her husband.{{cite web |last1=Paustenbaugh |first1=Jennifer |title=Oklahoma's First Ladies From Territorial Days To The Present Time |url=https://ojs.library.okstate.edu/osu/index.php/OKPolitics/article/view/1060/957 |access-date=October 30, 2024}} Holloway did not help her husband campaign and died on September 8, 1969. She was buried at the Rose Hill Cemetery in Oklahoma City. She had one son: William Judson Holloway Jr.
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Category:First ladies and gentlemen of Oklahoma