Norma Eagleton
{{Short description|American politician}}
{{infobox officeholder
| office = Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner
| term_start = 1979
| term_end = January 1989
| predecessor = Jan Eric Cartwright
| successor = Bob Anthony
| office2 = City of Tulsa Finance and Revenue Commissioner
| term_start2 = 1976
| term_end2 = 1979
| predecessor2 = Bill Morris
| successor2 =
| birth_name = Norma Leigh Haddad
| birth_date = 1934
| birth_place = Wewoka, Oklahoma
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Democratic Party
}}
Norma Leigh Haddad Eagleton is an American politician who served on the Oklahoma Corporation Commission between 1979 and January 1989. She was the first woman elected to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission and to the Tulsa City Commission.
Early life and education
Norma Leigh Haddad was born in Wewoka, Oklahoma, in 1934, to Edwina Beatty, a schoolteacher, and Sam Haddad, a Harvard educated banker. Her paternal grandfather, George Haddad, immigrated from Lebanon. The family lived in Beggs before settling in Claremore when Norma was six.
She graduated valedictorian from Claremore High School in 1952.{{cite news |title=Norma Eagleton To Be Honored By School Group |url=https://tulsaworld.com/archive/norma-eagleton-to-be-honored-by-school-group/article_fb1c2698-f527-5456-9e05-a8ef70d2b3bd.html |access-date=19 May 2024 |work=Tulsa World |date=21 April 1994 |language=en}} She then earned an associate degree from Stephens College in 1954 and her bachelor's from the University of Oklahoma in 1956. She married John Eagleton, a lawyer, in 1956. They had two children.
Political career
= Tulsa =
Eagleton was the first women elected to the city of Tulsa's city commission succeeding Bill Morris. In 1976, she was elected city finance and revenue commissioner as a member of the Democratic Party.{{cite web |last1=Erling |first1=John |last2=Eagleton |first2=Norma |title=Norma Eagleton: OK Public Official and Lawyer |url=https://voicesofoklahoma.com/interviews/eagleton-norma/ |website=voicesofoklahoma.com |publisher=Voices of Oklahoma |access-date=19 May 2024 |language=en |date=November 17, 2016}}
= Oklahoma Corporation Commission =
Eagleton was appointed to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission in 1979 by Governor George Nigh and she won reelection in 1980 and 1982. She graduated from Oklahoma City University School of Law in May 1988. She was the first woman to serve on the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.{{cite news |last1=Vandewater |first1=Bob |title=Ex-Commissioner Plans Law Career |url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1988/12/11/ex-commissioner-plans-law-career/62630426007/ |access-date=19 May 2024 |work=The Oklahoman |date=December 11, 1988}}