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Alene Word (August 27, 1906 - December 18, 1990) was a lawyer and state legislator in Arkansas. She served from 1943 to 1948,{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aryjEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22alene+word%22+arkansas%C2%A0&pg=PA114|title=Stateswomen: A Centennial History of Arkansas Women Legislators, 1922-2022|first1=Lindsley Armstrong|last1=Smith|first2=Stephen A.|last2=Smith|date=November 16, 2022|publisher=University of Arkansas Press|isbn=978-1-61075-784-3 |via=Google Books}} several terms.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TsAlAQAAIAAJ&q=%22alene+word%22+arkansas+dan+stephens|title=Journal|first=Arkansas General Assembly|last=House|date=June 3, 1947|via=Google Books}}The Arkansas Handbook 1945-1946 by Dallas T. Herndon Arkansas Historical Commission{{Cite web|url=https://www.uapress.com/product/stateswomen/|title=Stateswomen | University of Arkansas Press|website=www.uapress.com}} She was the only woman legislator in Arkansas in 1947. She was proposed to by another legislator, Dan Stephens.{{cite web | url=https://psaparliaments.org/2023/02/02/love-in-the-legislature-from-proposal-to-aye-do/ | title=Love in the Legislature: From Proposal to "Aye Do" – PSA Parliaments }}

She was born in Osceola, Arkansas.{{Cite book|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv322v54j|title=A Centennial History of Arkansas Women Legislators, 1922-2022|author1=Smith, Lindsley Armstrong|author2=Smith, Stephen A.|year=2022|publisher=University of Arkansas Press |via=JSTOR|doi=10.2307/j.ctv322v54j|jstor=j.ctv322v54j |isbn=978-1-68226-215-3 }}

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