Name | Image | Birth–Death | Year | Area of achievement | Ref(s) |
Mo Anderson | | (b. 1937) | 2023 | | [4] |
Patricia Fennell | | | 2023 | | [4] |
Ann Felton Gilliland | | | 2023 | | [4] |
Donna Grabow | | (b. 1945) | 2023 | | [4] |
Kim Garrett-Funk | | | 2023 | | [4] |
Cathy Keating | | (b. 1950) | 2023 | Philanthropist, First Lady of the State of Oklahoma | [4] |
Freddye Harper Williams | | (1917–2001) | 2023 | | [4] |
Sue Ann Arnall | | (b. 1956) | 2022 | | [5] |
Carleen Burger | | (b. 1951) | 2022 | | [5] |
Janice Dobbs | | | 2022 | | [5] |
Wanda Jackson | | (b. 1937) | 2022 | | [5] |
Roseline Nsikak | | | 2022 | | [5] |
Kayse Shrum | | (b. 1972) | 2022 | | [5] |
Betty McElderry | | (1939–2019) | 2022 | | [5] |
Anna Belle Wiedemann | | (b. 1931) | 2022 | | [5] |
Helen Holmes | | (1915–1997) | 2019 | Journalist, historian, Women's Army Corps officer | [6] |
Noma Gurich | | (b. 1952) | 2019 | Jurist | [6] |
Ollie Starr | | (b. 1941) | 2019 | | [6] |
Judy Love | | (b. 1937) | 2019 | Philanthropist | [6] |
Susan Chambers | | | 2018 | OB/GYN founding partner of Lakeside Women's Hospital in Oklahoma City | [7] |
Jane Anne Jayroe | | (b. 1946) | 2018 | Broadcaster, author, Miss Oklahoma, Miss America | [7] |
Joan Gilmore | | (1927–2022) | 2018 | Journalist | [7] |
Willa Johnson | | (1939–2022) | 2018 | City and county office holder | [7] |
Kay Rhoads | | | 2018 | Principal Chief of the Sac and Fox Nation | [7] |
Linda Cavanaugh | | (b. 1950) | 2017 | Journalist | [8] |
Glenda Love | | | 2017 | Executive director of the Ronald McDonald House in Tulsa | [8] |
Pat Potts | | | 2017 | First woman to serve as President of the Oklahoma City School Board | [8] |
Meg Salyer | | | 2017 | Volunteerism | [8] |
Rhonda Walters | | | 2017 | First Lady of the State of Oklahoma; Helped create the Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women | [8] |
Edith Kinney Gaylord | | (1916– 2001) | 2017 | Journalist | [8] |
LaDonna Harris | | (b. 1931) | 2015 | Comanche activist | [9] |
Mary Mélon-Tully | | | 2015 | Newspaper publisher; The Foundation for Oklahoma City Public Schools | [10] |
Marion Paden | | | 2015 | Oklahoma Community City College | [10] |
Thelma Parks | | (1923–2019) | 2015 | Civil rights | [10] |
Ramona Paul | | (1936–2013) | 2015 | Education | [10] |
Patty Roloff | | | 2015 | Owner Oklahoma City 89ers | [10] |
Avis Scaramucci | | | 2015 | Entrepreneur | [10] |
Ida Blackburn | | (1929–2016) | 2013 | Television personality, public relations | [11] |
Elaine Dodd | | | 2013 | Law enforcement | [11] |
Lou Kerr | | (1937–2024) | 2013 | Businesswoman | [11] |
Terri Watkins | | (b. 1954) | 2013 | Investigative journalist | [11] |
Nancy Miller | | | 2013 | Television producer | [11] |
Linda Haneborg | | | 2013 | Political activist, businesswoman | [11] |
Laura Boyd | | (b. 1949) | 2011 | Oklahoma state representative; first woman nominee for Governor of Oklahoma | [12] |
Chloe Brown | | (b. 1951) | 2011 | Founded The Chloe House transition home for women | [12] |
Joy Culbreath | | (b. 1939) | 2011 | Executive Director of all Choctaw Nation Education Service | [12] |
Marcia 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 | [12] |
Ardina Moore | | (1930–2022) | 2011 | Preservationist for the Quapaw language | [12] |
Cindy Ross | | (b. 1950) | 2011 | First female president of Cameron University | [12] |
Kathy Taylor | | (b. 1955) | 2011 | Mayor of Tulsa | [12] |
Helen Harrod Thompson | | (b. 1931) | 2011 | Co-creator of the Family Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence in Ardmore | [12] |
Rita Aragon | | (b. 1947) | 2009 | United States Air National Guard two-star general | [13] |
Suzanne Edmondson | | (b. 1945) | 2009 | Founder of Friends of Eddie Warrior (FEW) Foundation | [14] |
Edna Hennessee | | (1919–2011) | 2009 | Entrepreneur | [15] |
Kim Henry | | | 2009 | First Lady of the State of Oklahoma | [14] |
Mirabeau Lamar Looney | | (1871–1935) | 2009 | First woman member of the Oklahoma Senate | [16] |
Susan Savage | | (b. 1952) | 2009 | First woman mayor of Tulsa | [14] |
Carolyn Whitener | | (b. 1941) | 2009 | Filed 1970s sexual discrimination lawsuit Craig v. Boren | [14] |
Sherri Coale | | (b. 1965) | 2007 | Head coach of the University of Oklahoma Sooners | [14] |
Ginny Creveling | | (b. 1946) | 2007 | Community activist | [14] |
Joe Anna Hibler | | (b. 1939) | 2007 | First woman president of Southwestern Oklahoma State University | [14] |
Maxine Horner | | (1933–2021) | 2007 | One of the first African American women to serve in the Oklahoma State Senate | [14] |
Kay Martin | | | 2007 | Second female superintendent to lead an Oklahoma technology center | [14] |
Terry Neese | | (b. 1947) | 2007 | Entrepreneur, public policy strategist, women's equality advocate | [14] |
Claudia Tarrington | | (1944–2003) | 2007 | Political consultant | [14] |
Carolyn Thompson Taylor | | (b. 1957) | 2007 | State representative, associate professor of political science at Rogers State University | [14] |
Della Warrior | | (b. 1946) | 2007 | First and only woman to date to serve as the chairperson and chief executive officer for the Otoe-Missouria Tribe | [14] |
Wanda L. Bass | | (1927–2008) | 2005 | Philanthropist | [14] |
Nancy Coats-Ashley | | (b. 1939) | 2005 | District Court Judge for Oklahoma County | [14] |
Mary Fallin | | (b. 1954) | 2005 | Governor of Oklahoma | [17] |
Bessie S. McColgin | | (1875–1972) | 2005 | First woman elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives | [18] |
Jeanine Rhea | | (b. 1938) | 2005 | Professor Emeritus in the Department of Management at Oklahoma State University | [14] |
Stephanie Kulp Seymour | | (b. 1940) | 2005 | First female Chief Judge of the Tenth Circuit | [14] |
Esther Houser | | (b. 1950) | 2003 | State Long-Term Care Ombudsman in the Aging Services Division of the Department of Human Services | [14] |
Vicki Miles-LaGrange | | (b. 1953) | 2003 | First woman U.S. Attorney in Oklahoma | [19] |
Linda Morrissey | | (b. 1953) | 2003 | Tulsa County District Judge | [14] |
Lynn Schusterman | | (b. 1939) | 2003 | Philanthropist, chair emerita of the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies | [14] |
Donna Shirley | | (b. 1941) | 2003 | Aerospace engineer, head of the Mars Exploration Program in 1994 | [20] |
Jari Askins | | (b. 1953) | 2001 | Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma | [21] |
Shirley Bellmon | | (1927–2000) | 2001 | First Lady of the State of Oklahoma | [14] |
Dorothy Moses DeWitty | | (1926–2012) | 2001 | First African-American woman president of the League of Women Voters | [14] |
Sandy Garrett | | (b. 1943) | 2001 | First woman elected Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction | [14] |
Lynn Jones | | (b. 1949) | 2001 | Police woman, developed the first Officers’ Street Survival course in Oklahoma | [14] |
Yvonne Kauger | | (b. 1937) | 2001 | Chief Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court 1997-1998 | [22] |
Jill Zink Tarbel | | (1924–2009) | 2001 | Advocate for disabled persons, trustee for the University of Tulsa | [14] |
Dana Tiger | | (b. 1961) | 2001 | Native American artist | [14] |
Isabel Keith Baker | | (1929–2019) | 1997 | Oklahoma State University Board of Regents | [14] |
Jessie Thatcher Bost | | (1875–1963) | 1997 | First woman to graduate from a university in Oklahoma | [23] |
Norma Eagleton | | (b. 1934) | 1997 | Finance and Revenue Commissioner; Board of Regents for Rogers State College | [14] |
Kay Goebel | | (b. 1929) | 1997 | Community activist | [14] |
Ruth Hardman | | (1914–2005) | 1997 | Philanthropist | [14] |
Beverly Horse | | (1931–2010) | 1997 | Human rights activist | [14][24] |
Mazola 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 | [14] |
Penny Williams | | (1937–2018) | 1997 | State legislator | [14] |
Betty Boyd | | (1924–2011) | 1996 | Pioneer woman journalist | [14] |
Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher | | (1924–1995) | 1996 | Civil rights activist | [25] |
Lela Foreman | | (1930–2015) | 1996 | Civil rights activist | [14][26] |
Sandy Ingraham | | (b. 1947) | 1996 | Child Advocate of the Decade | [14] |
Lorena Males | | (1909–2006) | 1996 | Community activist | [14] |
Bernice Shedrick | | (b. 1940) | 1996 | Attorney, judge, state legislator | [14] |
Valree Fletcher Wynn | | (1922–2021) | 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. | [14] |
Nancy Feldman | | (1922–2014) | 1995 | Civil rights activist | [14] |
Barbara J. Gardner-Anderson | | (b. 1949) | 1995 | First woman to chair the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce | [14] |
Ruthe Blalock Jones | | (b. 1939) | 1995 | Delaware-Shawnee Native American artist and Director Emeritus and associate professor of art at Bacone College | [27] |
Mona 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 | [14] |
Gloria Grace Langdon | | (1927–2003) | 1995 | Tonkawa News publisher | [14] |
Bernice Mitchell | | (1939–2021) | 1995 | First African American woman to be elected as County Commissioner in Payne County, Oklahoma | [14] |
Donna Nigh | | (b. 1933) | 1995 | First Lady of the State of Oklahoma | [14] |
Marie C. Cox | | (1920–2005) | 1993 | Founded the North American Indian Women's Association | [14] |
Anita Hill | | (b. 1956) | 1993 | Attorney and academic | [28] |
Moscelyne Larkin | | (1925–2012) | 1993 | Native American ballerina | [29] |
Jacqulyn Longacre | | (b. 1932) | 1993 | Executive Director of Planned Parenthood | [14] |
Shannon Lucid | | (b. 1943) | 1993 | Biochemist, astronaut | [30] |
Clara Luper | | (1923–2011) | 1993 | Civic leader, civil rights activist | [31] |
Opaline Deveraux Wadkins | | (1912–2000) | 1993 | First African American nurse to earn a master's degree from the University of Oklahoma | [14] |
Pat Woodrum | | (b. 1941) | 1993 | Executive Director of the Tulsa City-County Library System | [14] |
Sara Ruth Cohen | | (1920–1986) | 1986 | Activist for the arts in the Jewish community | [14] |
Vinita Cravens | | (1909–1994) | 1986 | Stage productions promoter | [14] |
Rubye Hibler Hall | | (1912–2003) | 1986 | First African-American appointed to the State Regents for Higher Education | [14] |
Elizabeth Ann McCurdy Holmes | | (1927–1983) | 1986 | Continuing Education and Public Service at the University of Oklahoma | [14] |
Grace Elizabeth Hudlin | | (1908–1995) | 1986 | Political activist and first woman to head an electric cooperative in Oklahoma | [14] |
Wilma Mankiller | | (1945–2010) | 1986 | First woman elected chief of the Cherokees | [32] |
Edna Mae Phelps | | (1920–2001) | 1986 | First woman to serve on the Oklahoma State Election Board | [14] |
Evelyn La Rue Pittman | | (1910–1992) | 1986 | Author, composer, choral director, producer, and music educator | [14] |
Mae Boren Axton | | (1914–1997) | 1985 | The woman who wrote Heartbreak Hotel; songwriter, promoter, mother of Hoyt Axton | [33] |
June Tompkins Benson | | (1915–1981) | 1985 | First woman mayor in Oklahoma | [14] |
Pam Olson | | (b. 1949) | 1985 | News journalist, CNN White House correspondent | [34] |
Betty Durham Price | | (1931–2023) | 1985 | Visual arts preservationist | [14] |
Bertha Frank Teague | | (1898–1991) | 1985 | Basketball coach; She established the first girls' basketball clinic in the Southwest | [35] |
Angie Debo | | (1890–1988) | 1984 | Historian who focused on Native Americans | [36] |
Jeane Kirkpatrick | | (1926–2006) | 1984 | Professor, diplomat, political activist | [37] |
Jewell Russell Mann | | (1903–1987) | 1984 | Feminist activist who was instrumental in amending the state constitution to allow women to hold elective office in Oklahoma | [14] |
Zella J. Patterson | | (1909–1986) | 1984 | Head of the Home Economics Department at Langston University | [14] |
Zelia N. Breaux | | (1880–1956) | 1983 | Organized the first music department at Oklahoma's Langston University and the school's first orchestra | [14] |
Kate Frank | | (1890–1982) | 1983 | First woman president of the Oklahoma Education Association | [14] |
Leona Mitchell | | (b. 1949) | 1983 | African-American and Chickasaw operatic soprano | [38] |
Jean Pitts | | (b. 1945) | 1983 | Cardiovascular surgeon and medical researcher | [14] |
Juanita 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 | [14] |
Alma Wilson | | (1917–1999) | 1983 | First woman to serve on the Oklahoma Supreme Court and its first woman as chief justice, | [39] |
Hannah Diggs Atkins | | (1923–2010) | 1982 | First African-American woman elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives (1968–1980) | [40] |
Kate Barnard | | (1875–1930) | 1982 | First woman elected to statewide office by a male-only electorate | [41] |
June Brooks | | (1924–2010) | 1982 | Oil lobbyist | [42] |
Gloria Stewart Farley | | (1916–2006) | 1982 | Author, historian | [14] |
Aloysius Larch-Miller | | (1886–1920) | 1982 | Suffragist | [14] |
Susan Ryan Peters | | (1873–1965) | 1982 | Founded the Kiowa Indian School of Art | [14] |
Christine Salmon | | (1916–1985) | 1982 | Architect | [14] |
Edyth Thomas Wallace | | (1880–1975) | 1982 | Newspaper columnist and radio disc jockey | [14] |