Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame

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Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame was established in 1982 by Oklahoma Governor George Nigh "to honor Oklahoma women who are pioneers in their field or in a project that benefits Oklahoma; who have made a significant contribution to the State of Oklahoma; who serve or have served as role models to other Oklahoma women; who may be "unsung heroes," but have made a difference in the lives of Oklahomans or Americans because of their actions; who have championed other women, women's issues, or served as public policy advocates for the issues important to women; and who exemplify the Oklahoma spirit."{{cite web|url=http://www.ok.gov/ocsw/Oklahoma_Women's_Hall_of_Fame/index.html|title=Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women - Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame|website=www.ok.gov}}

The Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame is one of several events sponsored by the Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women to support its mission, "To improve the quality of life for women, children and families in Oklahoma."{{cite web|url=http://www.ok.gov/opm/Status_of_Women/Local%20Publish/index.html|title=OCSW website}} Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there were no inductees in 2020 and 2021.

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Eligibility requirements

And shall include:

  • Women who are pioneers in their field or in a project that benefits Oklahoma.
  • Women who have made a significant contribution to the State of Oklahoma.
  • Women who serve or have served as role models to other Oklahoma women.
  • Women who may be "unsung heroes" but have made a difference in the lives of Oklahomans or Americans because of their actions.
  • Women who have championed other women, women's issues, or served as public policy advocates for the issues important to women.
  • Women who exemplify the Oklahoma spirit.{{cite web|url=http://www.ok.gov/opm/Status_of_Women/Local%20Publish/html/hall%20press%20update07.pdf|title=Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame Guidelines}}

Inductees

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Nancy|Anthony}}

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|2024

| Executive director of the Oklahoma City Community Foundation

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Marilyn Mauer|Hugon}}

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|2024

| Member of the board of directors of the Duncan Regional Hospital

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Edie|Roodman}}

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|2024

| executive director of the Oklahoma Israel Exchange and former executive director of the Jewish Federation of Oklahoma City

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Jane Semple|Umsted}}

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|2024

| Choctaw artist

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Crystal|Stovall}}

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|2024

| Co-founder of the Stovall Center for Entrepreneurship

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Molly|Wehrenberg}}

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|2024

| Nurse and Spanish translator

|{{cite news |title=2024 inductees of Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame named |url=https://www.fox23.com/news/2024-inductees-of-oklahoma-womens-hall-of-fame-named/article_bf906ac0-55b1-11ef-adfb-0facbc9860c1.html |access-date=February 14, 2025 |work=KOKI-TV |date=August 8, 2024 |language=en}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Mo|Anderson}}

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|(b. 1937)

|2023

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|{{cite news |title=OCSW Names 2023 Women's Hall of Fame Inductees |url=https://oklahoma.gov/ocsw/newsroom/2023/april/ocsw-names-2023-women-s-hall-of-fame-inductees.html |work=Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women |date=April 11, 2023 |language=en}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Patricia|Fennell|Patricia Fennell (community activist)}}

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|2023

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Ann Felton |Gilliland}}

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|2023

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Donna |Grabow}}

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|(b. 1945)

|2023

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Kim |Garrett-Funk}}

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|2023

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Cathy |Keating}}

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|(b. 1950)

|2023

|Philanthropist, First Lady of the State of Oklahoma

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Freddye Harper |Williams}}

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|(1917–2001)

|2023†

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Sue Ann |Arnall}}

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|(b. 1956)

|2022

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Carleen |Burger}}

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|(b. 1951)

|2022

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Janice |Dobbs}}

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|2022

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Wanda |Jackson}}

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|(b. 1937)

|2022

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Roseline |Nsikak}}

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|2022

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Kayse |Shrum}}

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|(b. 1972)

|2022

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Betty|McElderry}}

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|(1939–2019)

|2022†

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Anna Belle|Wiedemann}}

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|(b. 1931)

|2022

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|{{cite web |title=Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame |url=https://oklahoma.gov/ocsw/owhof.html |website=Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women |access-date=October 12, 2023 |language=en}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Helen|Holmes|Helen Holmes (b. 1915)}}

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|(1915–1997)

|2019†

|Journalist, historian, Women's Army Corps officer

|{{Cite web|title=Late OSU professor inducted into Women's Hall of Fame - Oklahoma State University|url=https://news.okstate.edu/articles/communications/2019/late_osu_professor_inducted_into_womens_hall_of_fame.html|access-date=2021-03-05|website=news.okstate.edu|date=24 October 2019 |language=en}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Noma |Gurich}}

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|(b. 1952)

|2019

|Jurist

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Ollie|Starr}}

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|(b. 1941)

|2019

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Judy|Love|Tom Love}}

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|(b. 1937)

|2019

|Philanthropist

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Susan |Chambers}}

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|2018

|OB/GYN founding partner of Lakeside Women's Hospital in Oklahoma City

|{{cite web |title=2018 Inductees |url=https://www.ok.gov/ocsw/Events_/WHOF/2018_Inductees/index.html |website=Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women |access-date=February 1, 2019}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Jane Anne |Jayroe}}

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|(b. 1946)

|2018

|Broadcaster, author, Miss Oklahoma, Miss America

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Joan |Gilmore}}

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|(1927–2022)

|2018

|Journalist

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Willa |Johnson}}

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|(1939–2022)

|2018

|City and county office holder

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Kay |Rhoads}}

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|2018

|Principal Chief of the Sac and Fox Nation

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Linda |Cavanaugh}}

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|(b. 1950)

|2017

|Journalist

|{{cite web |title=2017 Inductees |url=https://www.ok.gov/ocsw/Events_/WHOF/2017_Inductees/index.html |website=Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women |access-date=February 1, 2019}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Glenda |Love}}

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|2017

|Executive director of the Ronald McDonald House in Tulsa

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Pat|Potts}}

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|2017

|First woman to serve as President of the Oklahoma City School Board

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Meg |Salyer}}

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|2017

|Volunteerism

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Rhonda |Walters}}

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|2017

|First Lady of the State of Oklahoma;
Helped create the Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Edith Kinney|Gaylord}}

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|(1916– 2001)

|2017†

|Journalist

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scope="row"|{{sortname|LaDonna|Harris}}

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|(b. 1931)

|2015

|Comanche activist

|{{cite web|last1=Fluharty|first1=Sterling|title=LaDonna Vita Tabbytite Harris|url=http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=HA035|website=Oklahoma Historical Society|publisher=Oklahoma History Center|access-date=December 26, 2015}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Mary|Mélon-Tully}}

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|2015

|Newspaper publisher; The Foundation for Oklahoma City Public Schools

|{{cite news|title=Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame induction ceremony April 9|url=http://www.ardmoreite.com/article/20150331/NEWS/150339943/1994/NEWS|access-date=December 26, 2015|work=The Daily Ardmorette|publisher=Gatehouse Media, Inc.|date=March 31, 2015}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Marion|Paden}}

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|2015

|Oklahoma Community City College

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Thelma|Parks}}

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|(1923–2019)

|2015

|Civil rights

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Ramona|Paul}}

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|(1936–2013)

|2015

|Education

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Patty|Roloff}}

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|2015

|Owner Oklahoma City 89ers

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Avis|Scaramucci}}

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|2015

|Entrepreneur

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Ida|Blackburn}}

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|(1929–2016)

|2013

|Television personality, public relations

|{{cite news|last1=McNutt|first1=Michael|title=Six join Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame|url=http://newsok.com/six-join-oklahoma-womens-hall-of-fame/article/3782375|access-date=December 26, 2015|publisher=NewsOK|date=April 12, 2013}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Elaine|Dodd}}

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|2013

|Law enforcement

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Lou|Kerr}}

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|(1937–2024)

|2013

|Businesswoman

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Terri|Watkins}}

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|(b. 1954)

|2013

|Investigative journalist

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Nancy|Miller}}

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|2013

|Television producer

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Linda|Haneborg}}

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|2013

|Political activist, businesswoman

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Laura|Boyd}}

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|(b. 1949)

|2011

|Oklahoma state representative; first woman nominee for Governor of Oklahoma

|{{cite web|title=2011 Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame|url=https://www.ok.gov/ocsw/Oklahoma_Women's_Hall_of_Fame/2011_Oklahoma_Women's_Hall_of_Fame/index.html|website=Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women|publisher=State of Oklahoma|access-date=December 26, 2015}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Chloe|Brown}}

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|(b. 1951)

|2011

|Founded The Chloe House transition home for women

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Joy|Culbreath}}

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|(b. 1939)

|2011

|Executive Director of all Choctaw Nation Education Service

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Marcia|Mitchell}}

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|2011

|Founded The Little Light House faith-based mission to assist children with a wide range of developmental disabilities including autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Ardina|Moore}}

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|(1930–2022)

|2011

|Preservationist for the Quapaw language

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Cindy|Ross}}

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|(b. 1950)

|2011

|First female president of Cameron University

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Kathy|Taylor|dab=politician}}

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|(b. 1955)

|2011

|Mayor of Tulsa

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Helen Harrod|Thompson}}

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|(b. 1931)

|2011

|Co-creator of the Family Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence in Ardmore

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Rita|Aragon}}

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|(b. 1947)

|2009

|United States Air National Guard two-star general

|{{cite web|title=Major General LaRita A. "Rita" Aragon |url=http://www.okhistory.org/historycenter/militaryhof/inductee.php?id=20|website=Oklahoma Historical Society|publisher=Oklahoma History Center|access-date=December 26, 2015}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Suzanne|Edmondson}}

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|(b. 1945)

|2009

|Founder of Friends of Eddie Warrior (FEW) Foundation

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Edna|Hennessee}}

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|(1919–2011)

|2009

|Entrepreneur

|{{cite web|last1=Wilson|first1=Linda D.|title=Edna Miller Hessessee|url=http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=HE015|website=Oklahoma Historical Society|publisher=Oklahoma History Center|access-date=December 26, 2015}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Kim|Henry}}

|

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|2009

|First Lady of the State of Oklahoma

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Mirabeau Lamar|Looney|Lamar Looney}}

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|(1871–1935)

|2009†

|First woman member of the Oklahoma Senate

|{{cite web|last1=Pappas|first1=Christine|title=Lamar Looney|url=http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=LO013|website=Oklahoma Historical Society|publisher=Oklahoma History Center|access-date=December 26, 2015}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Susan|Savage|M. Susan Savage}}

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|(b. 1952)

|2009

|First woman mayor of Tulsa

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Carolyn|Whitener}}

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|(b. 1941)

|2009

|Filed 1970s sexual discrimination lawsuit Craig v. Boren

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Sherri|Coale}}

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|(b. 1965)

|2007

|Head coach of the University of Oklahoma Sooners

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Ginny|Creveling}}

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|(b. 1946)

|2007

|Community activist

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Joe Anna|Hibler}}

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|(b. 1939)

|2007

|First woman president of Southwestern Oklahoma State University

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Maxine|Horner}}

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|(1933–2021)

|2007

|One of the first African American women to serve in the Oklahoma State Senate

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Kay|Martin|Kay Martin (technologist)}}

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|2007

|Second female superintendent to lead an Oklahoma technology center

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Terry|Neese}}

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|(b. 1947)

|2007

|Entrepreneur, public policy strategist, women's equality advocate

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Claudia|Tarrington}}

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|(1944–2003)

|2007†

|Political consultant

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Carolyn Thompson|Taylor}}

|100px

|(b. 1957)

|2007

|State representative, associate professor of political science at Rogers State University

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Della|Warrior}}

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|(b. 1946)

|2007

|First and only woman to date to serve as the chairperson and chief executive officer for the Otoe-Missouria Tribe

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Wanda L.|Bass}}

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|(1927–2008)

|2005

|Philanthropist

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Nancy|Coats-Ashley}}

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|(b. 1939)

|2005

|District Court Judge for Oklahoma County

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Mary|Fallin}}

|100px

|(b. 1954)

|2005

|Governor of Oklahoma

|{{cite web|last1=Wilson|first1=Linda D.|title=Mary Fallin|url=http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=FA026|website=Oklahoma Historical Society|publisher=Oklahoma History Center|access-date=December 26, 2015}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Bessie S.|McColgin}}

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|(1875–1972)

|2005†

|First woman elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives

|{{cite web|last1=Pappas|first1=Christine|title=Amelia Elizabeth "Bessie" Simison McColgin|url=http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=MC013|website=Oklahoma Historical Society|publisher=Oklahoma History Center|access-date=December 26, 2015}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Jeanine|Rhea}}

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|(b. 1938)

|2005

|Professor Emeritus in the Department of Management at Oklahoma State University

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Stephanie Kulp|Seymour}}

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|(b. 1940)

|2005

|First female Chief Judge of the Tenth Circuit

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Esther|Houser}}

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|(b. 1950)

|2003

|State Long-Term Care Ombudsman in the Aging Services Division of the Department of Human Services

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scope="row"|{{sortname|Vicki|Miles-LaGrange}}

|100px

|(b. 1953)

|2003

|First woman U.S. Attorney in Oklahoma

|{{cite web|last1=Decker|first1=Stephanie|title=Vicki Miles-LaGrange|url=http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=MI021|website=Oklahoma Historical Society|publisher=Oklahoma History Center|access-date=December 26, 2015}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Linda|Morrissey}}

|

|(b. 1953)

|2003

|Tulsa County District Judge

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Lynn|Schusterman}}

|

|(b. 1939)

|2003

|Philanthropist, chair emerita of the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Donna|Shirley}}

|100px

|(b. 1941)

|2003

|Aerospace engineer, head of the Mars Exploration Program in 1994

|{{cite web|last1=Moore|first1=Bill|title=Donna Shirley|url=http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=SH027|website=Oklahoma Historical Society|publisher=Oklahoma History Center|access-date=December 26, 2015}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Jari|Askins}}

|100px

|(b. 1953)

|2001

|Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma

|{{cite journal|title=50 Making a Difference Profile: Jari Askins, State of Oklahoma|journal=The Journal Record|date=September 21, 2007|access-date=|publisher=Dolan Media Company|url=https://www.questia.com/read/1P2-7612302/50-making-a-difference-profile-jari-askins-state|archive-date=December 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151227072351/https://www.questia.com/read/1P2-7612302/50-making-a-difference-profile-jari-askins-state|url-status=dead}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Shirley|Bellmon}}

|

|(1927–2000)

|2001†

|First Lady of the State of Oklahoma

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Dorothy Moses|DeWitty}}

|

|(1926–2012)

|2001

|First African-American woman president of the League of Women Voters

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Sandy|Garrett}}

|

|(b. 1943)

|2001

|First woman elected Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Lynn|Jones|Lynn Jones (police officer)}}

|

|(b. 1949)

|2001

|Police woman, developed the first Officers’ Street Survival course in Oklahoma

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Yvonne|Kauger}}

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|(b. 1937)

|2001

|Chief Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court 1997-1998

|{{cite web |title=Justice Yvonne Kauger |url=http://www.oscn.net/oscn/schome/kauger.htm |publisher=The Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma |access-date=December 26, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130222050621/http://www.oscn.net/oscn/schome/kauger.htm |archive-date=February 22, 2013 }}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Jill Zink|Tarbel}}

|

|(1924–2009)

|2001

|Advocate for disabled persons, trustee for the University of Tulsa

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Dana|Tiger}}

|

|(b. 1961)

|2001

|Native American artist

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Isabel Keith|Baker}}

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|(1929–2019)

|1997

|Oklahoma State University Board of Regents

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Jessie Thatcher|Bost}}

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|(1875–1963)

|1997

|First woman to graduate from a university in Oklahoma

|{{cite web|last1=Wilson|first1=Linda D.|title=Jessie Thatcher Olive Bost|url=http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=BO020|website=Oklahoma Historical Society|publisher=Oklahoma History Center|access-date=December 26, 2015}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Norma|Eagleton}}

|

|(b. 1934)

|1997

|Finance and Revenue Commissioner; Board of Regents for Rogers State College

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Kay|Goebel}}

|

|(b. 1929)

|1997

|Community activist

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Ruth|Hardman}}

|

|(1914–2005)

|1997

|Philanthropist

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Beverly|Horse}}

|

|(1931–2010)

|1997

|Human rights activist

|{{cite news |author= |title=Obituaries: Horse, Beverly Johnson |publisher=Anadarko Daily News |date=February 11, 2010 |location=Anadarko, Oklahoma |quote=September 24, 1931-February 10, 2010, burial February 11, 2010 Mt. Scott KCA}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Mazola|McKerson}}

|

|(1921–2014)

|1997

|First African-American and first female to serve on the Ardmore City Council; first African-American female mayor of Ardmore; first chair of the Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Penny|Williams}}

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|(1937–2018)

|1997

|State legislator

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Betty|Boyd|Betty Boyd (Oklahoma legislator)}}

|100px

|(1924–2011)

|1996

|Pioneer woman journalist

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Ada Lois Sipuel|Fisher}}

|

|(1924–1995)

|1996†

|Civil rights activist

|{{cite web|last1=Hall|first1=Melvin C.|title=Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher|url=http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=FI009|website=Oklahoma Historical Society|publisher=Oklahoma History Center|access-date=December 26, 2015}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Lela|Foreman}}

|

|(1930–2015)

|1996

|Civil rights activist

|{{cite web | url=https://obituaries.muskogeephoenix.com/obituary/lela-foreman-748684582 | title=Remembering the life of Lela Foreman }}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Sandy|Ingraham}}

|

|(b. 1947)

|1996

|Child Advocate of the Decade

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Lorena|Males}}

|

|(1909–2006)

|1996

|Community activist

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Bernice|Shedrick}}

|100px

|(b. 1940)

|1996

|Attorney, judge, state legislator

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Valree Fletcher|Wynn}}

|

|(1922–2021)

|1996

|Professor Emeritus at Cameron University; first African American to teach at Lawton High School, to teach at Cameron University, and to serve on the Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges.

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Nancy|Feldman}}

|

|(1922–2014)

|1995

|Civil rights activist

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Barbara J.|Gardner-Anderson}}

|

|(b. 1949)

|1995

|First woman to chair the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Ruthe Blalock|Jones}}

|100px

|(b. 1939)

|1995

|Delaware-Shawnee Native American artist and Director Emeritus and associate professor of art at Bacone College

|{{cite web|last1=Everett|first1=Dianna|title=Ruthe Blalock Jones|url=http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=JO026|website=Oklahoma Historical Society|publisher=Oklahoma History Center|access-date=December 26, 2015}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Mona Salyer|Lambird}}

|

|(1938–1999)

|1995

|First woman president of the Oklahoma Bar Association and the first woman elected to the Board of Governors of the Oklahoma Bar Association

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Gloria Grace|Langdon}}

|

|(1927–2003)

|1995

|Tonkawa News publisher

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Bernice|Mitchell}}

|

|(1939–2021)

|1995

|First African American woman to be elected as County Commissioner in Payne County, Oklahoma

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Donna|Nigh}}

|

|(b. 1933)

|1995

|First Lady of the State of Oklahoma

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Marie C.|Cox}}

|

|(1920–2005)

|1993

|Founded the North American Indian Women's Association

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Anita|Hill}}

|100px

|(b. 1956)

|1993

|Attorney and academic

|{{cite web|last1=Armstrong|first1=Connie G.|title=Anita Hill|url=http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=HI005|website=Oklahoma Historical Society|publisher=Oklahoma History Center|access-date=December 26, 2015}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Moscelyne|Larkin}}

|

|(1925–2012)

|1993

|Native American ballerina

|{{cite web|last1=Foster|first1=Toni Annette|title=Moscelyne Larkin|url=http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=LA023|website=Oklahoma Historical Society|publisher=Oklahoma History Center|access-date=December 26, 2015}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Jacqulyn|Longacre}}

|

|(b. 1932)

|1993

|Executive Director of Planned Parenthood

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Shannon|Lucid}}

|100px

|(b. 1943)

|1993

|Biochemist, astronaut

|{{cite web|last1=Moore|first1=Bill|title=Shannon Matilda Wells Lucid|url=http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=LU003|website=Oklahoma Historical Society|publisher=Oklahoma History Center|access-date=December 26, 2015}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Clara|Luper}}

|

|(1923–2011)

|1993

|Civic leader, civil rights activist

|{{cite web|last1=Decker|first1=Stefanie Lee|title=Clara Shepard Luper|url=http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=LU005|website=Oklahoma Historical Society|publisher=Oklahoma History Center|access-date=December 26, 2015}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Opaline Deveraux|Wadkins}}

|

|(1912–2000)

|1993

|First African American nurse to earn a master's degree from the University of Oklahoma

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Pat|Woodrum}}

|

|(b. 1941)

|1993

|Executive Director of the Tulsa City-County Library System

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Sara Ruth|Cohen}}

|

|(1920–1986)

|1986

|Activist for the arts in the Jewish community

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Vinita|Cravens}}

|

|(1909–1994)

|1986

|Stage productions promoter

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Rubye Hibler|Hall}}

|

|(1912–2003)

|1986

|First African-American appointed to the State Regents for Higher Education

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Elizabeth Ann McCurdy|Holmes}}

|

|(1927–1983)

|1986†

|Continuing Education and Public Service at the University of Oklahoma

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Grace Elizabeth|Hudlin}}

|

|(1908–1995)

|1986

|Political activist and first woman to head an electric cooperative in Oklahoma

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Wilma|Mankiller}}

|100px

|(1945–2010)

|1986

|First woman elected chief of the Cherokees

|{{cite web|last1=Wilson|first1=Linda D.|title=Wilma Pearl Mankiller|url=http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=MA013|website=Oklahoma Historical Society|publisher=Oklahoma History Center|access-date=December 26, 2015}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Edna Mae|Phelps}}

|

|(1920–2001)

|1986

|First woman to serve on the Oklahoma State Election Board

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Evelyn La Rue|Pittman}}

|100px

|(1910–1992)

|1986

|Author, composer, choral director, producer, and music educator

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Mae Boren|Axton}}

|

|(1914–1997)

|1985

|The woman who wrote Heartbreak Hotel; songwriter, promoter, mother of Hoyt Axton

|{{cite web|last1=Burke|first1=Bob|title=Mae Boren Axton|url=http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=AX002|website=Oklahoma Historical Society|publisher=Oklahoma History Center|access-date=December 26, 2015}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|June Tompkins|Benson}}

|

|(1915–1981)

|1985†

|First woman mayor in Oklahoma

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Pam|Olson}}

|

|(b. 1949)

|1985

|News journalist, CNN White House correspondent

|{{cite web|title=Women in Journalism Roundtable|url=http://www.okhistory.org/about/calendar/event/women-in-journalism-roundtable/|website=Oklahoma Historical Society|publisher=Oklahoma History Center|access-date=December 26, 2015}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Betty Durham|Price}}

|

|(1931–2023)

|1985

|Visual arts preservationist

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Bertha Frank|Teague}}

|

|(1898–1991)

|1985

|Basketball coach; She established the first girls' basketball clinic in the Southwest

|{{cite web|last1=Straughn|first1=Kay|title=Bertha Frank Teague|url=http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=TE002|website=Oklahoma Historical Society|publisher=Oklahoma History Center|access-date=December 26, 2015}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Angie|Debo}}

|

|(1890–1988)

|1984

|Historian who focused on Native Americans

|Berson (1994), pp. 87-94

scope="row"|{{sortname|Jeane|Kirkpatrick}}

|100px

|(1926–2006)

|1984

|Professor, diplomat, political activist

|Nolan (1997), pp. 219-226

scope="row"|{{sortname|Jewell Russell|Mann}}

|

|(1903–1987)

|1984

|Feminist activist who was instrumental in amending the state constitution to allow women to hold elective office in Oklahoma

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Zella J.|Patterson}}

|

|(1909–1986)

|1984

|Head of the Home Economics Department at Langston University

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Zelia N.|Breaux}}

|

|(1880–1956)

|1983†

|Organized the first music department at Oklahoma's Langston University and the school's first orchestra

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Kate|Frank}}

|

|(1890–1982)

|1983†

|First woman president of the Oklahoma Education Association

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Leona|Mitchell}}

|

|(b. 1949)

|1983

|African-American and Chickasaw operatic soprano

|{{cite web|last1=Pittman|first1=Kitty|title=Leona Pearl Mitchell|url=http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=MI049|website=Oklahoma Historical Society|publisher=Oklahoma History Center|access-date=December 26, 2015}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Jean|Pitts}}

|

|(b. 1945)

|1983

|Cardiovascular surgeon and medical researcher

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Juanita|Stout}}

|

|(1919–1998)

|1983

|First African-American woman elected to any judgeship in the United States and the first to serve on the Supreme Court of any state

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Alma|Wilson}}

|

|(1917–1999)

|1983

|First woman to serve on the Oklahoma Supreme Court and its first woman as chief justice,

|{{cite web|last1=Wilson|first1=Linda D.|title=Alma Bell Wilson|url=http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=WI022|website=Oklahoma Historical Society|publisher=Oklahoma History Center|access-date=December 26, 2015}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Hannah Diggs|Atkins|Hannah Atkins}}

|

|(1923–2010)

|1982

|First African-American woman elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives (1968–1980)

|Haskins (1999), pp. 5-6

scope="row"|{{sortname|Kate|Barnard}}

|100px

|(1875–1930)

|1982†

|First woman elected to statewide office by a male-only electorate

|Martin (1999), p. 2

scope="row"|{{sortname|June|Brooks}}

|

|(1924–2010)

|1982

|Oil lobbyist

|{{cite news|title=June Brooks obituary|url=http://legacy.newsok.com/obituaries/oklahoman/obituary.aspx?pid=145023642|access-date=December 26, 2015|publisher=The Oklahoman|date=September 1, 2010}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Gloria Stewart|Farley}}

|

|(1916–2006)

|1982

|Author, historian

|{{cite web|title=Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame|url=http://www.library.okstate.edu/oralhistory/digital/oklahoma-women%E2%80%99s-hall-of-fame/inductees|website=Oklahoma State University|access-date=December 26, 2015}}

scope="row"|{{sortname|Aloysius|Larch-Miller}}

|100px

|(1886–1920)

|1982†

|Suffragist

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Susan Ryan|Peters}}

|

|(1873–1965)

|1982†

|Founded the Kiowa Indian School of Art

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Christine|Salmon}}

|

|(1916–1985)

|1982

|Architect

|

scope="row"|{{sortname|Edyth Thomas|Wallace}}

|

|(1880–1975)

|1982†

|Newspaper columnist and radio disc jockey

|

:†Posthumously

Notes

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  • {{cite book|last1=Haskins|first1=James|title=Distinguished African American Political and Governmental Leaders|date=1999|publisher=Oryx Press|location=Phoenix, AZ|isbn=1-57356-126-6|url=https://archive.org/details/distinguishedafr0000hask}}
  • {{cite book|last1=Martin|first1=Mart|title=The Almanac of Women and Minorities in American Politics|date=1999|publisher=Westview Press|location=Boulder, CO|isbn=0-8133-6870-7|url=}}
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