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 and first woman to serve as chair of the Oklahoma Senate Democratic Caucus. During her time in the Senate she played a crucial rule in founding the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame as well as establishing the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program. She was inducted in the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame in 2007