Inductees of the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame Oral History Project
Oklahoma Oral History Research Program - Oklahoma State University Library
Description
This oral history project, launched in June 2007, aims to preserve the voices and experiences of inductees to the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame who serve as pioneers in their fields, made significant contributions to the state of Oklahoma, or have championed other women, women’s issues, or served as public policy advocates for the issues important to women.
The goals of Inductees of the Oklahoma Women’s Hall of Fame project are three-fold: (1) To interview women who have been inducted into the Oklahoma Women’s Hall of Fame in order to record their stories and fill a gap in primary source documents concerning women in Oklahoma; (2) To collect and preserve original and/or copies of photographs, memorabilia, and other historical evidence of extraordinary women that have made significant contributions to the state of Oklahoma; (3) To provide a venue for increasing awareness of the success of these women by collecting, preserving, and making information about them fully accessible to scholars, researchers, and other interested persons using various formats including the World Wide Web.
| Subjects | |
| Call Number | HOF |
| Dates | 2007 - |
Interviews in Inductees of the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame Oral History Project
| Oral History Interview | Description |
|---|---|
| Bernice Mitchell 02/20/2008 | Born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1939. When she was elected Payne County Commissioner in 1986 she became the first African-American and the first woman ever elected to this position in Payne County, Oklahoma… |
| Betty Boyd 02/22/2008 | Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1924; died January 6, 2011 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She began appearing on television in 1955 and was considered a journalism pioneer due to the lack of women in broadcasting at the… |
| Betty Price 03/26/2009 & 06/10/2009 | Born in Booneville, Arkansas, raised in Muskogee, Oklahoma. She served as Executive Director of the Oklahoma Arts Council from 1983 to 2007. During this time she played a critical role in advising the… |
| Carolyn Thompson Taylor 09/14/2007 | Born in Norman, Oklahoma. She served in the Oklahoma State House of Representatives from 1984 to 1992, during which time she served as principal author on legislation establishing a statewide prenatal… |
| Carolyn Whitener 01/30/2017 | |
| Chloe Brown 01/03/2012 | Chloe L. Brown grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. As a young girl, Chloe grew up in the historic Greenwood District with church playing a central role in her life. With a strong, supportive family where education… |
| Cindy Ross 05/16/2011 | She is the first female president of Cameron University and the third female to serve as president of a college or university in Oklahoma. She is also the first and only woman to serve as Executive Vice… |
| Della Warrior 07/16/2007 | Born in Pawnee, Oklahoma. In 1989 she became the first woman to serve as chairperson and chief executive officer of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe where she served until 1992. She served as president of the… |
| Donna Nigh 06/10/2008 & 07/29/2008 | Born in Oklahoma City in 1933. She has served as First Lady of the State of Oklahoma as well as First Lady of her alma mater, the University of Central Oklahoma. At UCO the Student Union is named after… |
| Donna Shirley 03/14/2011 | Born in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma in 1941. She earned her engineering degree from OU despite the fact she was told women were not engineers. When she began working for NASA in 1966 she was the only female… |
| Esther Houser 12/15/2010 | Born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She has served as State Long-Term Care Ombudsman in the Aging Services Division of the Department of Human Services since 1979. She built the program, which provides advocacy… |
| Ginny Creveling 12/07/2007 | Born in Manila, Philippines. She currently serves as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Folds of Honor Foundation, Inc. She served as Executive Director of ONEOK Foundation, Inc. from 2000 to… |
| Helen Thompson 08/16/2011 | Having focused her career on the welfare of children, domestic violence and abuse prevention, and sheltering those forced to leave their home, she has sought to improve the quality of life for Oklahomans.… |
| Isabel Keith Baker 01/25/2008 | Born in Row, Oklahoma in 1929. She has been a professor at Oklahoma State University and Northeastern State University, and she works with Native American children and bilingual educations. She has served… |
| Jacqulyn Longacre 08/21/2009 | Born in Robeline, Louisiana, she grew up around Wewoka, Oklahoma. She founded Rural Health Projects, Inc. and helped establish the Tulsa Perinatal Coalition. She was inducted in the Oklahoma Women's Hall… |
| Jeanine Rhea 07/22/2008 | She is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Management at Oklahoma State University where she taught from 1976 to 2004. She gained national attention when she developed a college course from her research… |
| Joe Anna Hibler 07/20/2007 | Born in Shattuck, Oklahoma in 1939. She was the first female president of Southwestern Oklahoma State University where she served from 1990 to 2001. She spent thirty-six years at Southwestern in administrative… |
| Joy Culbreath 01/26/2012 | Joy Culbreath was born in Boggy Depot, Oklahoma but grew up in Lubbock, Texas. After graduating from Tom S. Lubbock High School, Joy married her husband Alton, a Durant, Oklahoma native and moved back… |
| Kathryn Taylor 11/29/2011 | Kathryn Taylor was elected and served as Mayor of Tulsa from 2006 to 2009. Under her leadership the BOK Center was completed, City Hall moved into a new building, and Tulsa weathered a devastating ice… |
| Kay Goebel 02/25/2008 | Born in Glendive, Montana. She has been a professor of psychiatry at OU Health Sciences Center for more than thirty years and has run a private practice as a counseling psychologist since 1972. She was… |
| Kay Martin 07/18/2007 | Born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. She served as CEO and superintendent of Francis Tuttle Technology Center from 1997 to 2010, making her the second female Superintendent to lead an Oklahoma Technology Center… |
| LaRita Aragon 12/20/2010 | Born in Shawnee, Oklahoma and raised in Dale, Oklahoma. She became the first woman to hold the rank of Brigadier General in the Oklahoma Air National Guard and the first female commander of the Air National… |
| Laura Boyd 08/02/2011 | Born in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1949. She served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1992 through 1998. She was the first woman in Oklahoma to run for Governor on a general election ballot… |
| Linda Morrissey 05/15/2009 | Born in Washington, D.C. in 1953. She serves as Tulsa County District Judge and has presided over a Felony Criminal Docket, Drug Court Docket, Mental Health Docket, Domestic Violence Docket, and the Child… |
| Marcia Mitchell 01/20/2012 & 02/22/2012 | Marcia Mitchell grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. After college, Marcia returned home to Tulsa and began her career as a public school teacher. She married her husband Phil in 1967 and three years later, daughter… |
| Maxine Horner 10/22/2007 | Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1933. She served in the Oklahoma State Senate from 1987 to 2004, making her the first African-American woman to be elected to the Oklahoma State Senate, and was the first African-American… |
| Mazola McKerson 06/19/2008 | Born in Bluff, Oklahoma in 1921. She settled in Ardmore in 1929. In 1946 she began a catering company out of her home. She then operated The Gourmet Restaurant in Ardmore from 1964 to 1997. In 1977 she… |
| Nancy Coats-Ashley 03/16/2009 | Born in Ohio. In 1972 she became the first female hired as an attorney for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in a five-state area consisting of Texas, Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas and Oklahoma. She served… |
| Nancy G. Feldman 03/19/2008 | A Tulsa attorney, she is dedicated to civil rights and rights of the disabled. She founded Tulsa Center for the Physically Limited and co-founded the Tulsa Global Alliance. She was inducted in the Oklahoma… |
| Pat Woodrum 07/22/2008 | Born in Hutchinson, Kansas in 1941. She served as Executive Director of the Tulsa City-County Library System and helped establish Tulsa's Daycare for the Homeless. She also served as president of the Oklahoma… |
| Ruthe Blalock Jones 03/04/2009 | Born in Claremore, Oklahoma in 1939. She is a Delaware-Shawnee Native American artist and Director Emeritus and Associate Professor of Art at Bacone College. In 1979 she served as the first female art… |
| Sandy Ingraham 01/21/2010 | Born in California in 1947. She is an attorney at Ingraham and Associates of McLoud, Oklahoma and a social policy consultant. She co-authored the book Rural Kids Count: Sharing the Stories and Statistics… |
| Sherri Coale 08/29/2007 | Born in Healdton, Oklahoma in 1965. She has been the head coach of the University of Oklahoma Women's basketball team since 1996. Her OU team went 16-0 in Big 12 play in the 2005-2006 season, and the team… |
| Stephanie Kulp Seymour 05/24/2011 | Born in Battle Creek, Michigan in 1940. In 1965 she was one of twenty-three women to graduate from Harvard Law School in a class of 550 students. She was nominated to the Tenth Circuit by President Jimmy… |
| Suzanne Edmondson 12/13/2010 | Born Moline, Illinois in 1945. In 1996 she began volunteering as a tutor in literacy at Eddie Warrior Correctional Center. She created programs such as Tales for the Rising Moon and is the founder of Friends… |
| Terry Neese 08/23/2007 | Born in Walters, Oklahoma and raised in Cookietown, Oklahoma. She is founder and CEO of the Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women, past president and co-founder of the Women Impacting Public Policy… |
| Valree Fletcher Wynn 08/21/2007 | Born in Rockwall, Texas in 1922, she grew up in Sentinel, Oklahoma. She is Professor Emeritus at Cameron University, where she taught from 1966 to 1985. She was the first African American to teach at Lawton… |
| Yvonne Kauger 05/12/2009 | Born in Cordell, Oklahoma in 1947. In 1984 she became the second woman ever appointed to the Oklahoma Supreme Court. She served as Chief Justice for the Supreme Court from 1997 to 1998, and was the first… |