Mary L. Easley is the Oklahoma Senator representing District 18,which includes Mayes,Tulsa and Wagoner counties,since she won a special election in 2004. She previously served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1996 through 2004,representing District 78.
Susan Paddack is a Democratic politician and former educator in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. She served in the Oklahoma State Senate representing District 13,which includes Pontotoc and Hughes counties and parts of Garvin and Coal counties,since 2004. As of 2013,she served as Minority Whip and Vice Chair of the Judiciary Committee.
Constance Nevlin Johnson is an American politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. She served in the Oklahoma Senate,representing District 48,which encompasses portions of northeastern and northwestern Oklahoma County until 2014. She was first elected to the state senate in a special election in September 2005.
Hannah Diggs Atkins was the member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives for the 97th district from 1968 to 1980,and the first African-American woman elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives. She was later appointed to the simultaneous positions of Secretary of State of Oklahoma and Secretary of Social Services,establishing her as the highest ranked female in Oklahoma state government until she retired in 1991.
Odilia Mary Russo Dank was an educator from Oklahoma City who served as a Republican member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives,from District 85. Dank was elected in 1994 and served until she was term limited in 2006.
Mary Bernice Shedrick is a politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Shedrick represented Oklahoma State Senate District 21 from 1980 to 1996. In 1994 she was a candidate for Governor of Oklahoma. Shedrick is now a part-time Administrative Law Judge in Payne and Logan counties and is a member of the Oklahoma Ethics Commission.
Pamela Peterson is an American Republican Party politician from the U.S. state of New York,who represented the 67th district in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 2004 to 2016. The district is contained in Tulsa County. She served as majority floor leader,the first woman to hold that post.
Anastasia A. Pittman is an American politician from the state of Oklahoma. She represented the 99th district in the Oklahoma House of Representatives,as a member of the Democratic Party. Pittman served in the House from 2006 to 2013. On April 11,2014,she filed to run for an Oklahoma Senate seat vacated by Constance N. Johnson. Pittman was elected to the Oklahoma Senate and represents the 48th district. In 2018,she was the Democratic Party nominee for lieutenant governor in Oklahoma.
Angela Z. Monson is an American politician from Oklahoma who served in the Oklahoma State House of Representatives,representing District 99 from 1990–1993,as well as the Oklahoma Senate,representing District 48 from 1993–2005. In 2003,she became the first African American woman assistant majority floor leader in the Oklahoma legislature. Monson defeated incumbent Kirk Humphreys,a former Oklahoma City mayor,for the school board chairman's position in 2009,serving until 2013.
Penny Baldwin Williams was an American Democratic Party politician from Oklahoma. Williams served as a legislator in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1981-1988,representing District 70. She later was elected to the Oklahoma Senate,representing District 33,from 1989-2004. Senator Williams authored important bills on education during her time in the legislature,including the historic education reform act. Williams also authored a series of bills to strengthen math and science,and the bill creating the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics. A supporter of the arts,Williams influenced art education in public schools,and was instrumental in the creation of the Art in Public Places Act.
Twyla Mason Gray was a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1980 to 1984,representing district 23. She was an advocate for cancer-related health care as well as the raising of the drinking age in Oklahoma to 19 years old. After her time in the House,Mason Gray received her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Tulsa and was a municipal judge from 1994 to 1999. She was elected as District Judge for Oklahoma County in 1999 and served in that position until her death in 2011 after battling with breast cancer.
Carolyn Coleman was a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Coleman served as a legislator in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1990–2004,representing District 53. Some of the main issues Coleman took up during her time in the legislature include elementary reading,accountability for the spending of citizen's taxes,as well as protecting air and water quality.
Carolyn Thompson Taylor is an American academic and politician who served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1984 to 1992. Before running for office,Taylor taught AP government at Norman High School from 1979 to 1984. While in the House,she was chair of the Education Committee and Appropriations Sub-Committee on Education. She was a principal author of numerous landmark education bills involving both Higher Education and Public Schools. She also authored legislation concerning health care for children and family leave. While in office she was an adjunct professor at Oklahoma Baptist University and the University of Oklahoma. After leaving office,Taylor was vice president of academic affairs at the University Center of Tulsa and later a distinguished professor of political science at Rogers State.
Dorothy Conaghan Chiles was a U.S. politician from the state of Oklahoma. Her first husband,Brian Conaghan,died due to complications from leukemia while serving in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. In 1973,Chiles was elected to fill his vacant seat,and she served for thirteen years until 1986. She represented the 38th district,which includes Grant and Kay counties.
Ann Coody is a politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. A member of the Republican Party,she was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 2004,and represented the 64th district until she was term limited in 2016. Before serving as Oklahoma State Representative,Coody was a longtime educator,counselor,and assistant principal for Lawton Public Schools. To date,Coody is the primary author of 125 bills.
Lee R. Denney is a politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Elected in 2005,she currently represents district 33 in the Oklahoma House of Representatives and is speaker pro tempore of the House. During her time in office,she has been the primary author of 204 bills. She previously served as mayor and vice-mayor of Cushing,OK,and has been a co-owner of Veterinary Medical Associates,Inc. since 1979.
Billie Jean Floyd has been a longtime educator,Oklahoma state senator,and civic leader. Floyd served in the Oklahoma Senate from 1984 to 1988,representing district 13. After her time in office,Floyd has remained active in historical preservation and several other community service projects. After her term,she served both as P.T. Supervisor for first year teachers at her alma mater,East Central University and P.T. Field Representative for the US Census Bureau.
Patricia Weedn is an American politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Elected in 1989,Weedn served in the Oklahoma Senate,representing District 15,until 2000. Prior to her public office,Weedn worked as the McClain County Assessor for ten years. She was the first woman to be elected Senator in Cleveland and McClain counties. Weedn remains active in her community outside of the legislature and has two children.
Betty Price was the executive director of the Oklahoma Arts Council from 1983 until her retirement in 2007. During her time as executive director,Price worked with eight different Oklahoma governors. Price served for many years as an arts advisor to state and non-profit organizations and served on a number of boards. She was inducted into the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame in 1985 among many other awards and recognitions.
Esther E. Houser is the former State Long-Term Care Ombudsman in the Aging Services Division of the Department of Human Services for the State of Oklahoma. Houser served as the Long-Term Care Ombudsman from 1979 until her retirement in 2014.
