Notable Women of Arkansas: From Hattie to Hillary, 100 Names to Know
The one hundred Arkansas women profiled in Notable Women of Arkansas have glittered in the national spotlight. They have blazed trails in athletics, civil rights, literature, politics, science, show business, and the arts. They have been outlaws and outcasts. Some were born in poverty, while others came from unimaginable wealth. They have faced off against the publishing world, political foes, and the Creature from the Black Lagoon.

Meet one Arkansas woman who was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award, and three Grammys. Learn about a female presidential candidate whose initials are not HRC. See beauty queens on the runway and a runaway beauty queen. Meet the trailblazing black actress who, if she had been born thirty years later, might have had a career like Halle Berry’s.

They are all Arkansas women, each with their own family, childhood, loves, losses, dreams, fears, hopes for the future, and ghosts from the past. These notable women—profiled together in one volume—have left an impressive legacy.
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Notable Women of Arkansas: From Hattie to Hillary, 100 Names to Know
The one hundred Arkansas women profiled in Notable Women of Arkansas have glittered in the national spotlight. They have blazed trails in athletics, civil rights, literature, politics, science, show business, and the arts. They have been outlaws and outcasts. Some were born in poverty, while others came from unimaginable wealth. They have faced off against the publishing world, political foes, and the Creature from the Black Lagoon.

Meet one Arkansas woman who was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award, and three Grammys. Learn about a female presidential candidate whose initials are not HRC. See beauty queens on the runway and a runaway beauty queen. Meet the trailblazing black actress who, if she had been born thirty years later, might have had a career like Halle Berry’s.

They are all Arkansas women, each with their own family, childhood, loves, losses, dreams, fears, hopes for the future, and ghosts from the past. These notable women—profiled together in one volume—have left an impressive legacy.
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Notable Women of Arkansas: From Hattie to Hillary, 100 Names to Know

Notable Women of Arkansas: From Hattie to Hillary, 100 Names to Know

by Nancy Hendricks
Notable Women of Arkansas: From Hattie to Hillary, 100 Names to Know

Notable Women of Arkansas: From Hattie to Hillary, 100 Names to Know

by Nancy Hendricks

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Overview

The one hundred Arkansas women profiled in Notable Women of Arkansas have glittered in the national spotlight. They have blazed trails in athletics, civil rights, literature, politics, science, show business, and the arts. They have been outlaws and outcasts. Some were born in poverty, while others came from unimaginable wealth. They have faced off against the publishing world, political foes, and the Creature from the Black Lagoon.

Meet one Arkansas woman who was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award, and three Grammys. Learn about a female presidential candidate whose initials are not HRC. See beauty queens on the runway and a runaway beauty queen. Meet the trailblazing black actress who, if she had been born thirty years later, might have had a career like Halle Berry’s.

They are all Arkansas women, each with their own family, childhood, loves, losses, dreams, fears, hopes for the future, and ghosts from the past. These notable women—profiled together in one volume—have left an impressive legacy.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781935106913
Publisher: Butler Center for Arkansas Studies
Publication date: 03/05/2016
Edition description: 1
Pages: 320
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Nancy Hendricks is an award-winning author whose book Senator Hattie Caraway: An Arkansas Legacy offers a fresh look at the first woman elected to the US Senate. She is a founding member of the National Women’s History Museum in Washington, DC, and is the recipient of a Pryor Award for Arkansas Women’s History, an Arkansas Governor’s Arts Award, a National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Women in American History Award, and the White House Millennium Award.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 7

Introduction 9

Annie Abrams 13

Joey Lauren Adams 14

Julie Adams 15

Maya Angelou 17

Katharine Anthony 19

Julia "Bernie" Babcock 20

Lucille Babcock 22

Daisy Bates 23

Melba Pattillo Beals 25

Debbye Turner Bell 26

Diane Blair 28

Lisa Blount 30

Gretha Boston 31

Beth Brickell 32

Helen Gurley Brown 33

Betty Bumpers 35

Sarah Caldwell 37

Veronica Campbell-Brown 38

Hattie Caraway 40

Irene Castle 41

Mamie Phipps Clark 43

Chelsea Clinton 44

Hillary Rodham Clinton 46

Rhonda Coullet 48

Gail Davis 49

Iris DeMent 51

Melinda Dillon 52

Crescent Dragonwagon 54

Elizabeth Eckford 55

Joycelyn Elders 57

Dale Evans 58

Barbara Fairehild 60

Roberta Fulbright 61

Ellen Gilchrist 63

Mary Lowe Good 64

Kay Goss 66

Elizabeth Ward Gracen 67

Bette Greene 69

Tess Harper 71

Charlaine Hams 72

Ena Hartman 73

Barbara Hendricks 75

Mary Cal Hollis 76

Theressa Hoover 78

Zilphia Norton 79

Elizabeth Huckaby 81

Edith Irby Jones 82

Willa Saunders Jones 84

Regina Kaplan 85

Gloria Ray Karlmark 87

Deena Kastor 88

Janis Kearney 90

Sue Kidd 91

Carlotta Walls LaNier 93

Marjorie Lawrence 94

Mary "Brownie" Ledbetter 96

Lois Lenski 97

Ketty Lester 99

Kristin Lewis 100

Mary Lewis 102

Kay Linaker 103

Blanche Lincoln 105

Roberta Martin 106

Deborah Mathis 108

Susan McDougal 109

Mary Medearis 111

Martha Mitchell 112

Raye Montague 114

Patsy Montana 115

Charlotte Moorman 117

Paula Morrell 118

Carry Nation 120

K. T. Oslin 121

Twila Paris 123

Pauline Pfeiffer 124

Margaret Pittman… 126

Anita Pointer 127

Florence Price 129

Lee Purcell 130

Lessie String fellow Read 132

Jenny Delony Rice 133

Sarah Northrup Ridge 134

Lottie Shackelford 136

Dorothy Shaver 137

Mary Frances Silitch 139

Charlie May Simon 140

Belle Starr 142

Mary Steenburgen 143

Lencola Sullivan 145

Louise Thaden 146

"Sister Rosetta" Tharpe 148

Blanche Thebom 149

Minnijean Brown Trickey 151

Mabel Jamison Vogel 152

Thelma Mothershed Wair 154

Hazel Walker 155

Alice Walton 157

Helen Walton 158

Donna Axum Whitworth 160

Lucinda Williams 161

Susan Webber Wright 163

About the Author 165

Appendix A Note About Photos 166

Appendix B Questions for Discussion 167

Appendix C Test Your Knowledge 168

Appendix D Sample Lesson Plan/Activities 173

Index 175

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