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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 woman to do so. She founded the Gallery of the Plains Indian in Colony, Oklahoma, is co-founder of Red Earth and has served as symposium coordinator of the Sovereignty Symposium. She was inducted in the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame in 2001.

Date(s)

05/12/2009

Call Number

HOF_022

Subjects
Interviewee(s) Yvonne Kauger
Interviewer(s) Juliana Nykolaiszyn