Name |
Image |
Birth–Death |
Year |
Area of achievement |
Ref(s) |
Atkins, Hannah DiggsHannah Diggs Atkins |
|
(1923–2010) |
1982 |
First African-American woman elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives (1968 – 1980) |
[4] |
Barnard, KateKate Barnard |
|
(1875–1930) |
1982 |
First woman elected to statewide office by a male-only electorate |
[5] |
Brooks, JuneJune Brooks |
|
(1924–2010) |
1982 |
Oil lobbyst |
[6] |
Farley, Gloria StewartGloria Stewart Farley |
|
(1916–2006) |
1982 |
Author, historian |
[7] |
Larch-Miller, AloysiusAloysius Larch-Miller |
|
(1886–1920) |
1982 |
Suffragist |
[7] |
Peters, Susan RyanSusan Ryan Peters |
|
(1873–1965) |
1982 |
Founded the Kiowa Indian School of Art |
[7] |
Salmon, ChristineChristine Salmon |
|
(1916–1985) |
1982 |
Architect |
[7] |
Wallace, Edyth ThomasEdyth Thomas Wallace |
|
(1880–1975) |
1982 |
Newspaper columnist and radio disc jockey |
[7] |
Breaux, Zelia N.Zelia N. Breaux |
|
(1880–1956) |
1983 |
Organized the first music department at Oklahoma's Langston University and the school's first orchestra |
[7] |
Frank, KateKate Frank |
|
(1890–1982) |
1983 |
First woman president of the Oklahoma Education Association |
[7] |
Mitchell, LeonaLeona Mitchell |
|
(b. 1949) |
1983 |
African-American and Chickasaw operatic soprano |
[8] |
Pitts, JeanJean Pitts |
|
(b. 1945) |
1983 |
Cardiovascular surgeon and medical researcher |
[7] |
Stout, JuanitaJuanita Stout |
|
(1919 –1998) |
1983 |
First African-American woman elected to any judgeship in the United States and the first to serve on the Supreme Court of any state |
[7] |
Wilson, AlmaAlma Wilson |
|
(1917 –1997) |
1983 |
First woman to serve on the Oklahoma Supreme Court and its first woman as chief justice, |
[9] |
Debo, AngieAngie Debo |
|
(1890 –1988) |
1984 |
Historian who focused on Native Americans |
[10] |
Kirkpatrick, JeaneJeane Kirkpatrick |
|
(1926 –2006) |
1984 |
Professor, diplomat, political activist |
[11] |
Mann, Jewell RussellJewell Russell Mann |
|
(1903 –1987) |
1984 |
Feminist activist who was instrumental in amending the state constitution to allow women to hold elective office in Oklahoma |
[7] |
Patterson, Zella J.Zella J. Patterson |
|
(1909 –1986) |
1984 |
Head of the Home Economics Department at Langston University |
[7] |
Axton, Mae BorenMae Boren Axton |
|
(1914 –1997) |
1985 |
The woman who wrote Heartbreak Hotel; songwriter, promoter, mother of Hoyt Axton |
[12] |
Benson, June TompkinsJune Tompkins Benson |
|
(1915 –1981) |
1985 |
First woman mayor in Oklahoma |
[7] |
Olson, PamPam Olson |
|
|
1985 |
News journalist, CNN White House correspondent |
[13] |
Price, Betty DurhamBetty Durham Price |
|
|
1985 |
Visual arts preservationist |
[7] |
Teague, Bertha FrankBertha Frank Teague |
|
(1898 –1991) |
1985 |
Basketball coach; She established the first girls' basketball clinic in the Southwest |
[14] |
Cohen, Sara RuthSara Ruth Cohen |
|
(1920 –1986) |
1986 |
Activist for the arts in the Jewish community |
[7] |
Cravens, VinitaVinita Cravens |
|
(1909 –1994) |
1986 |
Stage productions promoter |
[7] |
Hall, Rubye HiblerRubye Hibler Hall |
|
(1912 –2003) |
1986 |
First African-American appointed to the State Regents for Higher Education |
[7] |
Holmes, Elizabeth Ann McCurdyElizabeth Ann McCurdy Holmes |
|
|
1986 |
Continuing Education and Public Service at the University of Oklahoma |
[7] |
Hudlin, Grace ElizabethGrace Elizabeth Hudlin |
|
(1908 –1995) |
1986 |
Political activist and first woman to head an electric cooperative in Oklahoma |
[7] |
Mankiller, WilmaWilma Mankiller |
|
(1945 –2010) |
1986 |
First woman elected chief of the Cherokees |
[15] |
Phelps, Edna MaeEdna Mae Phelps |
(1920 –2001) |
[7] |
1986 |
First woman to serve on the Oklahoma State Election Board |
|
Pittman, Evelyn La RueEvelyn La Rue Pittman |
|
(1910 –1992) |
1986 |
Author, composer, choral director, producer, and music educator |
[7] |
Cox, MarieMarie Cox |
|
(d. 1994) |
1993 |
Founded the North American Indian Women’s Association |
[7] |
Hill, AnitaAnita Hill |
|
(b. 1956) |
1993 |
Attorney and academic |
[16] |
Larkin, MoscelyneMoscelyne Larkin |
|
(1925 –2012) |
1993 |
Native American ballerina |
[17] |
Longacre, JacqulynJacqulyn Longacre |
|
(b. 1932) |
1993 |
Executive Director of Planned Parenthood |
[7] |
Lucid, ShannonShannon Lucid |
|
(b. 1943) |
1993 |
Biochemist, astronaut |
[18] |
Luper, ClaraClara Luper |
|
(1923 –2011) |
1993 |
Civic leader, civil rights activist |
[19] |
Wadkins, Opaline DeverauxOpaline Deveraux Wadkins |
|
(1912 –2000) |
1993 |
First African American nurse to earn a master's degree from the University of Oklahoma |
[7] |
Woodrum, PatPat Woodrum |
|
|
1993 |
Executive Director of the Tulsa City-County Library System |
[7] |
Feldman, NancyNancy Feldman |
|
(1922 –2014) |
1995 |
Civil rights activist |
[7] |
Gardner-Anderson, Barbara J.Barbara J. Gardner-Anderson |
|
|
1995 |
First woman to chair the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce |
[7] |
Jones, Ruthe BlalockRuthe Blalock Jones |
|
(b. 1939) |
1995 |
Delaware-Shawnee Native American artist and Director Emeritus and Associate Professor of Art at Bacone College |
[20] |
Lambird, Mona SalyerMona Salyer Lambird |
|
(1938 –1999) |
1995 |
First woman president of the Oklahoma Bar Association and the first woman elected to the Board of Governors of the Oklahoma Bar Association |
[7] |
Langdon, Gloria GraceGloria Grace Langdon |
|
(1927 –2003) |
1995 |
Tonkawa News publisher |
[7] |
Mitchell, BerniceBernice Mitchell |
|
(b. 1939) |
1995 |
First African American woman to be elected as County Commissioner in Payne County, Oklahoma |
[7] |
Nigh, DonnaDonna Nigh |
|
(b. 1933) |
1995 |
First Lady of the State of Oklahoma |
[7] |
Boyd, BettyBetty Boyd |
|
(1924 –2011) |
1996 |
Pioneer woman journalist |
[7] |
Fisher, Ada Lois SipuelAda Lois Sipuel Fisher |
|
(1924 –1995) |
1996 |
Civil rights activist |
[21] |
Foreman, LelaLela Foreman |
|
|
1996 |
Civil rights activist |
[7] |
Ingraham, SandySandy Ingraham |
|
(b. 1947) |
1996 |
Child Advocate of the Decade |
[7] |
Males, LorenaLorena Males |
|
(1909 –2006) |
1996 |
Community activist |
[7] |
Shedrick, BerniceBernice Shedrick |
|
(b. 1940) |
1996 |
Attorney, judge, state legislator |
[7] |
Wynn, Valree FletcherValree Fletcher Wynn |
|
(b. 1922) |
1996 |
Professor Emeritus at Cameron University; first African American to teach at Lawton High School, to teach at Cameron University, and to serve on the Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges. |
[7] |
Baker, Isabel KeithIsabel Keith Baker |
|
(b. 1929) |
1997 |
Oklahoma State University Board of Regents |
[7] |
Bost, Jessie ThatcherJessie Thatcher Bost |
|
(1875 –1963) |
1997 |
First woman to graduate from a university in Oklahoma |
[22] |
Eagleton, NormaNorma Eagleton |
|
(b. 1934) |
1997 |
Finance and Revenue Commissioner; Board of Regents for Rogers State College |
[7] |
Goebel, KayKay Goebel |
|
(b. 1929) |
1997 |
Community activist |
[7] |
Hardman, RuthRuth Hardman |
|
(1914 –2005) |
1997 |
Philanthropist, |
[7] |
Horse, BeverlyBeverly Horse |
|
|
1997 |
Human rights activist |
[7] |
McKerson, MazolaMazola McKerson |
|
(1921 –2014) |
1997 |
First African-American and first female to serve on the Ardmore City Council; first African-American female mayor of Ardmore; first chair of the Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women |
[7] |
Williams, PennyPenny Williams |
|
(b. 1937) |
1997 |
State legislator |
[7] |
Askins, JariJari Askins |
|
(b. 1953) |
2001 |
Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma |
[23] |
Bellmon, ShirleyShirley Bellmon |
|
(1927 –2000) |
2001 |
First Lady of the State of Oklahoma |
[7] |
DeWitty, Dorothy MosesDorothy Moses DeWitty |
|
(b. 1926) |
2001 |
First African-American woman president of the League of Women Voters |
[7] |
Garrett, SandySandy Garrett |
|
(b. 1943) |
2001 |
First woman elected Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction |
[7] |
Jones, LynnLynn Jones |
|
|
2001 |
Police woman, developed the first Officers’ Street Survival course in Oklahoma |
[7] |
Kauger, YvonneYvonne Kauger |
|
(b. 1947) |
2001 |
Chief Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court 1997-1998 |
[24] |
Tarbel, Jill ZinkJill Zink Tarbel |
|
(d. 2009) |
2001 |
Advocate for disabled persons, trustee for the University of Tulsa |
[7] |
Tiger, DanaDana Tiger |
|
(b. 1961) |
2001 |
Native American artist |
[7] |
Houser, EstherEsther Houser |
|
|
2003 |
State Long-Term Care Ombudsman in the Aging Services Division of the Department of Human Services |
[7] |
Miles-LaGrange, VickiVicki Miles-LaGrange |
|
(b. 1953) |
2003 |
First woman U.S. Attorney in Oklahoma |
[25] |
Morrissey, LindaLinda Morrissey |
|
(b. 1953) |
2003 |
Tulsa County District Judge |
[7] |
Schusterman, LynnLynn Schusterman |
|
(b. 1939) |
2003 |
Philanthropist, president of the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Foundation |
[7] |
Shirley, DonnaDonna Shirley |
|
(b. 1941) |
2003 |
Aerospace engineer, head of the Mars Exploration Program in 1994 |
[26] |
Bass, Wanda L.Wanda L. Bass |
|
(1927 –2008) |
2005 |
Philanthropist |
[7] |
Coats-Ashley, NancyNancy Coats-Ashley |
|
(b. 1972) |
2005 |
District Court Judge for Oklahoma County |
[7] |
Fallin, MaryMary Fallin |
|
(n. 1954) |
2005 |
Governor of Oklahoma |
[27] |
McColgin, Amelia Elizabeth SimisonAmelia Elizabeth Simison McColgin |
|
(1875 –1972) |
2005 |
First woman elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives |
[28] |
Rhea, JeanineJeanine Rhea |
|
|
2005 |
Professor Emeritus in the Department of Management at Oklahoma State University |
[7] |
Seymour, Stephanie KulpStephanie Kulp Seymour |
|
(b. 1940) |
2005 |
First female Chief Judge of the Tenth Circuit |
[7] |
Coale, SherriSherri Coale |
|
(b. 1965) |
2007 |
Head coach of the University of Oklahoma Sooners |
[7] |
Creveling, GinnyGinny Creveling |
|
|
2007 |
Community activist |
[7] |
Hibler, Joe AnnaJoe Anna Hibler |
|
(b. 1939) |
2007 |
First woman president of Southwestern Oklahoma State University |
[7] |
Horner, MaxineMaxine Horner |
|
(b. 1933) |
2007 |
One of the first African American women to serve in the Oklahoma State Senate |
[7] |
Martin, KayKay Martin |
|
|
2007 |
Second female Superintendent to lead an Oklahoma Technology Center |
[7] |
Neese, TerryTerry Neese |
|
|
2007 |
Entrepreneur, public policy strategist, women's equality advocate |
[7] |
Tarrington, ClaudiaClaudia Tarrington |
|
(d. 2003) |
2007 |
Political consultant |
[7] |
Taylor, Carolyn ThompsonCarolyn Thompson Taylor |
|
|
2007 |
State representative, associate professor of political science at Rogers State University |
[7] |
Warrior, DellaDella Warrior |
|
|
2007 |
First and only woman to date to serve as the Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer for the Otoe-Missouria Tribe |
[7] |
Aragon, RitaRita Aragon |
|
(b. 1947) |
2009 |
United States Air National Guard two-star general |
[29] |
Edmondson, SuzanneSuzanne Edmondson |
|
(b. 1945) |
2009 |
Founder of Friends of Eddie Warrior (FEW) Foundation |
[7] |
Hennessee, EdnaEdna Hennessee |
|
(1911 –2011) |
2009 |
Entrepreneur |
[30] |
Henry, KimKim Henry |
|
|
2009 |
First Lady of the State of Oklahoma |
[7] |
Looney, Mirabeau LamarMirabeau Lamar Looney |
|
(1871 –1935) |
2009 |
First woman member of the Oklahoma Senate |
[31] |
Savage, SusanSusan Savage |
|
(b. 1952) |
2009 |
First woman mayor of Tulsa |
[7] |
Whitener, CarolynCarolyn Whitener |
|
|
2009 |
1970s sexual discrimination lawsuit |
[7] |
Boyd, LauraLaura Boyd |
|
(b. 1949) |
2011 |
Oklahoma state representative; first woman nominee for Governor of Oklahoma |
[32] |
Brown, ChloeChloe Brown |
|
|
2011 |
Founded The Chloe House transition home for women |
[32] |
Culbreath, JoyJoy Culbreath |
|
|
2011 |
Executive Director of all Choctaw Nation Education Service |
[32] |
Mitchell, MarciaMarcia Mitchell |
|
|
2011 |
Founded The Little Light House faith-based mission to assist children with a wide range of developmental disabilities including autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy |
[32] |
Moore, ArdinaArdina Moore |
|
(b. 1930) |
2011 |
Preservationist for the Quapaw language |
[32] |
Ross, CindyCindy Ross |
|
|
2011 |
First female president of Cameron University |
[32] |
Taylor, KathyKathy Taylor |
|
(b. 1935) |
2011 |
Mayor of Tulsa |
[32] |
Thompson, Helen HarrodHelen Harrod Thompson |
|
|
2011 |
Co-creator of the Family Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence in Ardmore |
[32] |
Blackburn, IdaIda Blackburn |
|
|
2013 |
Television personality, public relations |
[33] |
Dodd, ElaineElaine Dodd |
|
|
2013 |
Law enforcement |
[33] |
Kerr, LouLou Kerr |
|
|
2013 |
Businesswoman |
[33] |
Watkins, TerriTerri Watkins |
|
|
2013 |
Investigative journalist |
[33] |
Miller, NancyNancy Miller |
|
|
2013 |
Television producer |
[33] |
Haneborg, LindaLinda Haneborg |
|
|
2013 |
Political activist, businesswoman |
[33] |
Harris, LaDonnaLaDonna Harris |
|
(b. 1931) |
2015 |
Comanche activist |
[34] |
Mélon, MaryMary Mélon |
|
|
2015 |
Newspaper publisher; The Foundation for Oklahoma City Public Schools |
[35] |
Paden, MarionMarion Paden |
|
|
2015 |
Oklahoma Community City College |
[35] |
Parks, ThelmaThelma Parks |
|
|
2015 |
Civil rights |
[35] |
Paul, RamonaRamona Paul |
|
|
2015 |
Education |
[35] |
Roloff, PattyPatty Roloff |
|
|
2015 |
Owner Oklahoma City 89ers |
[35] |
Scaramucci, AvisAvis Scaramucci |
|
|
2015 |
Entrepreneur |
[35] |