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. She helped found the Family Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence in Ardmore, served as executive director of the C/SARA [Crisis Support and Resource Association] Foundation, a non-profit that trains adults in schools to help students dealing with tragedies. In 2006 she created 'Senior University,' which has received national recognition, on behalf of the Ardmore Higher Education Center. She was inducted in the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame in 2011.