Women of the Oklahoma Legislature
Oklahoma Oral History Research Program - Oklahoma State University Library
Description
The Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project endeavors to fill gaps in information regarding women who have served or are serving in the Oklahoma state legislature by recording the experiences of these women in their own voices. Between the years of 1907 and 2008, only 77 women have been elected to the Oklahoma state legislature, with the 77th woman being elected November 2008.
As of February 2009, 46 of these remarkable women have shared their stories as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Gathering oral histories provides opportunity to pursue answers to questions left silent in what little archival materials exist for these women. Taken individually, these interviews reflect the careers and interests of the legislators; taken collectively they constitute a narrative of the role of women in the Oklahoma Legislature over time.
| Subjects | |
| Call Number | WOL |
| Dates | 2006 - 2009 |
Interviews in Women of the Oklahoma Legislature
| Oral History Interview | Description |
|---|---|
| Anastasia Pittman 12/27/2007 | Anastasia Pittman was interviewed December 27, 2007 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Ms. Pittman was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 2006 and is… |
| Angela Monson 04/02/2007 | Angela Monson was interviewed April 11, 2007 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Ms. Monson served in both the Oklahoma House of Representatives, 1990-1993, and the… |
| Ann Coody 01/21/2009 | Ann Coody was interviewed January 21, 2009 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Mrs. Coody was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 2004 and is currently… |
| Anna Belle Wiedemann 05/07/2007 | Anna Belle Wiedemann was interviewed May 2, 2007 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Mrs. Wiedemann was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1967 and served… |
| Barbara Staggs 04/11/2007 | Barbara Staggs was interviewed April 11, 2007 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Mrs. Staggs was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1994 and served… |
| Bernice Shedrick 11/20/2007 | Bernice Shedrick was interviewed November 20, 2007 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Ms. Shedrick was elected to the Oklahoma Senate in 1980 and served through 1996.… |
| Betty Boyd 01/26/2007 | Betty Boyd was interviewed January 26, 2007 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Mrs. Boyd was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1990 and served through… |
| Billie Jean Floyd 10/03/2007 | Billie Jean Floyd was interviewed October 3, 2007 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Mrs. Floyd was elected to the Oklahoma Senate in 1984 and served through 1988. She… |
| Carolyn Coleman 09/19/2007 | Carolyn Coleman was interviewed September 19, 2007 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Mrs. Coleman was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in1990 and served… |
| Carolyn Thompson Taylor 05/09/2007 | Carolyn Thompson Taylor was interviewed May 9, 2007 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Mrs. Taylor (Thompson while serving) was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives… |
| Cleta Deatherage Mitchell 06/21/2007 | Cleta Deatherage Mitchell was interviewed June 21, 2007 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Mrs. Mitchell (Deatherage while serving) was elected to the Oklahoma House… |
| Constance Johnson 11/09/2007 | Constance Johnson was interviewed November 9, 2007 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Ms. Johnson was elected to the Oklahoma Senate in 2005 and is currently serving.… |
| Daisy Lawler 01/10/2007 | Daisy Lawler was interviewed January 10, 2007 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Project. Mrs. Lawler was elected to the Oklahoma Senate in 2002 and served through 2006. Mrs. Lawler held… |
| Debbe Leftwich 11/30/2007 | Debbe Leftwich was interviewed November 30, 2007 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Mrs. Leftwich was elected to the Oklahoma Senate in 2003 and served through 2010.… |
| Debbie Blackburn 05/23/2008 | Debbie Blackburn was interviewed May 23, 2008 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Mrs. Blackburn was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1994 and served… |
| Dorothy Conaghan Chiles 07/02/2007 | Dorothy Conaghan Chiles was interviewed July 2, 2007 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Mrs. Chiles (Conaghan while serving) was elected in 1973, through a Special Election,… |
| Hannah Atkins 06/22/2007 | Hannah Atkins was interviewed June 22, 2007 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Mrs. Atkins was the first African-American woman elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives,… |
| Helen Arnold 01/09/2008 | Helen Arnold was interviewed January 9, 2008 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Mrs. Arnold was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1976 and served through… |
| Jan Collins 10/22/2007 | Jan Collins was interviewed October 22, 2007 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Mrs. Collins was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1984 and served… |
| Jari Askins 11/06/2008 | Jari Askins was interviewed November 6, 2008 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Ms. Askins was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1994 and served through… |
| Jeannie McDaniel 10/15/2007 | Jeannie McDaniel was interviewed October 15, 2007 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Ms. McDaniel was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 2004 and is… |
| Joan Hastings 06/24/2008 | Joan Hastings was interviewed June 24, 2008 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Ms. Hastings was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1974 and served through… |
| Judy Eason McIntyre 11/19/2007 | Judy Eason McIntyre was interviewed November 19, 2007 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Ms. Eason McIntyre was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 2003… |
| Kathleen Wilcoxson 10/22/2007 | Kathleen Wilcoxson was interviewed October 22, 2007 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Mrs. Wilcoxson was elected to the Oklahoma Senate in 1996 and served through 2008.… |
| Laura Boyd 12/20/2006 | Laura Boyd was interviewed December 20, 2006 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Mrs. Boyd was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1992 and served through… |
| Lee Denney 10/12/2007 | Lee Denney was interviewed October 12, 2007 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Mrs. Denney was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 2004 and is currently… |
| Lisa Johnson Billy 12/03/2007 | Lisa Johnson Billy was interviewed December 3, 2007 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Mrs. Johnson Billy was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 2004… |
| Mary Easley 11/10/2009 | Mary Easley was interviewed November 10, 2009 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Mrs. Easley was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1996 and served… |
| Mary Fallin 10/07/2008 | Mary Fallin was interviewed October 7, 2008 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Ms. Fallin was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1990 and served through… |
| Maxine Horner 11/12/2007 | Maxine Horner was interviewed November 12, 2007 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Mrs. Horner was elected to the Oklahoma Senate in 1986 and served through 2004. She… |
| Mina Hibdon 05/02/2007 | Mina Hibdon was interviewed May 2, 2007 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Mrs. Hibdon was elected in 1973 to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in a special election… |
| Nancy Riley 05/19/2008 | Nancy Riley was interviewed May 19, 2008 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Mrs. Riley was elected to the Oklahoma Senate in 2000 and served through 2008. She held the… |
| Nancy Virtue Lewis 03/26/2007 | Nancy Virtue Lewis was interviewed March 26, 2007 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Mrs. Lewis (Virtue while serving) was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives… |
| Odilia Dank 10/31/2007 | Odilia Dank was interviewed October 31, 2007 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Mrs. Dank was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1994 and served through… |
| Pam Peterson 01/09/2008 | Pam Peterson was interviewed January 9, 2008 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Mrs. Peterson was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 2004 and is currently… |
| Patricia Dennis 07/14/2008 | Patricia Dennis, the great-granddaughter of Mrs. Lamar Looney, was interviewed July 14, 2008 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Mrs. Lamar Looney was elected to the… |
| Paul (Russell) Erdmann 03/23/2009 | Paul Erdmann, the son of Mona Jean Russell Erdmann, was interviewed March 23, 2009 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Mrs. Russell was elected to the Oklahoma House… |
| Penny Williams 08/14/2007 & 03/28/2008 | Penny Williams was interviewed August 14, 2007 and March 28, 2008 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Ms. Williams was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives… |
| Rebecca Hamilton 07/14/2008 | Rebecca Hamilton was interviewed July 14, 2008 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Mrs. Hamilton was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1980 serving… |
| Sally Kern 10/10/2007 | Sally Kern was interviewed October 10, 2007 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Mrs. Kern was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 2004 and is currently… |
| Skye McNiel 11/13/2007 | Skye McNiel was interviewed November 13, 2007 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Mrs. McNiel was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 2006 and is currently… |
| Susan Paddack 11/27/2007 | Susan Paddack was interviewed November 27, 2007 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Mrs. Paddack was elected to the Oklahoma Senate in 2004 and is currently serving.… |
| Susan Winchester 10/11/2007 | Susan Winchester was interviewed October 11, 2007 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Mrs. Winchester was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1998 and… |
| Trish Weedn 10/07/2007 | Trish Weedn was interviewed October 2, 2007 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Mrs. Weedn was elected to the Oklahoma Senate in 1988 and served through 2000. She held… |
| Twyla Mason Gray 05/31/2007 | Twyla Mason Gray was interviewed May 31, 2007 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Mrs. Gray (Mason while serving) was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives… |
| Vicki Miles-LaGrange 11/05/2007 & 12/17/2007 | Vicki Miles-LaGrange was interviewed November 5, 2007 and December 17, 2007 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Mrs. Miles-LaGrange was elected to the Oklahoma Senate… |
| Wanda Jo Peltier 05/16/2007 | Wanda Jo Peltier Stapleton was interviewed May 16, 2007 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Mrs. Stapleton (Peltier while serving) was elected to the Oklahoma House of… |