Draft:Alene Word
Alene Word (August 27, 1906 - December 18, 1990) was a lawyer and state legislator in Arkansas. She served from 1943 to 1948,[1] several terms.[2][3][4] She was the only woman legislator in Arkansas in 1947. She was proposed to by another legislator, Dan Stephens.[5]
She was born in Osceola, Arkansas.[6]
See also
[edit]- Frances Hunt
- Nellie B. Mack
- Erle Chambers / Erle Rutherford Chambers[7]
- Elizabeth Thompson
- Florence McRaven
- Mary B. Wigstrand / Mary Wigstrand[8]
- Maude Brown[6]
- Ethel Cunningham[6] 49th Arkansas General Assembly
- Ella B. Hurst
- Helen Buchanan
- Lera Rowlette Findagrave entry?
- Mattie Hackett
- Willie Oates
- Bernice Kizer
- Doris McCastlain
- Dove Mulkey
- Gladys Martin Oglesby
- Dorathy Allen Dorothy???
- Vada Sheid
- Lucile Autry
- Shirley Meacham
- Carolyn Pollan
- Gloria Cabe
- Sarah Jane Bost
- Irma Hunter Brown
- Judy Petty
- Norma Thompson
- Peggy Long Hartness
- Charlie Cole Chaffin/ Charlie Francis Cole Chaffin third woman to serve in Arkansas Senate. Also won election as delegate to Arkansas Constitutional Convention. Lieutenant Governor candidate.[9]
- Nancy Balton served 1985-1990?[10] Nancy Lee Crain Balton?[11]
- Myra Jones
- Wanda Northcutt (born 1938)[12] served for more than a decade in the Arkansas House of Representatives.[13] Her family donated her historic home in Grand Prairie to the Museum of the Arkansas Grand Prairie.[14] Philanthropist. Born Wanda Lucile Hildebrand in Stuttgart, Arkansas. Attended Ouachita Baptist University, transferred to University of Arkansas and graduated from University of Arkansas Medical School.
- Charlotte Schexnayder
- Gladys Watson (?-January 11, 1996) won a special election to succeed her husband in office.[15]
- Christene Brownlee
- Jacqueline Roberts
- Judy Smith
- Josetta Wilkins
- Dee Bennett
- Ann Bush
- Barbara Horn
- Marian Owens Ingram
- Evelyn Ammons
- Lisa Ferrell
- Peggy Jeffries / Peggy Sue Newlon Jeffries (born 1940) Republican Arkansas Senate
- Becky Lynn
- Sue Madison
- Bobbie L. Hendrix
- Pat Bond
- Rita Hale
- Dianne Hudson
- Sandra Rodgers
- Martha Shoffner
- Wilma Walker
- Sarah Agee
- Cecile Bledsoe
- Jo Carson
- Joyce Dees
- Mary Beth Green
- Brenda Gullett
- Jan Judy
- Barbara King
- Mary Anne Salmon
- Shirley Borhauer
- Joyce Elliott
- Sharon Trusty
- Ruth Whitaker
- Judy Pridgen
- Linda Chesterfield
- Marilyn Edwards
- Janet Johnson
- Betty Pickett
- Sandra Prater
- Susan Schulte
- Shirley Walters
- Pam Adcock
- Nancy Duffy Blount
- Dawn Creekmore
- Stephanie Flowers
- Wilhelmina Lewellen
- Beverly Pyle
- Lindsley Smith
- Sharon Dobbins
- Toni Bradford
- Joan Cash
- Donna Hutchinson
- Tracy Pennartz
- Johnnie Roebuck
- Charolette Wagner
- Kathy Webb
- Ann Clemmer
- Jody Dickinson
- Jane English
- Debra Hobbs
- Karen Hopper
- Andrea Lea
- Stephanie Malone
- Barbara Nix
- Tiffany Rogers
- Mary Lou Slinkard
- Linda Tyler
- Lori Benedict
- Linda Collins-Smith
- Mary P. “Prissy” Hickerson
- Missy Irvin
- Sheilla E. Lampkin
- Betty Overbey
- Leslee Milam Post
- Mary Broadaway
- Charlotte Vining Douglas Republican[16]
- Deborah Ferguson
- Charlene Fite
- Fonda Hawthorne
- Patti Julian
- Sue Scott
- Camille Bennett
- Mary Bentley
- Karilyn Brown
- Jana Della Rosa
- Vivian Flowers
- Michelle Gray
- Robin Lundstrum
- Julie Mayberry
- Rebecca Petty
- Laurie Rushing
- Nelda Speaks
- DeAnn Vaught
- LeAnne Burch
- Sonia Eubanks Barker
- Sarah Capp Republican.[17] Lawyer. Judge.
- Frances Cavenaugh
- Carol Dalby
- Breanne Davis
- Nicole Clowney
- Cindy Crawford
- Denise Garner
- Megan Godfrey
- Tippi McCullough
- Gayla H. McKenzie / Gayla McKenzie Gayla Hendren McKenzie
- Jamie Scott
- Denise Jones Ennett
- Joy Springer
- Jill Bryant
- Delia J. Haak
- Ashley Hudson
References
[edit]- ^ Smith, Lindsley Armstrong; Smith, Stephen A. (November 16, 2022). Stateswomen: A Centennial History of Arkansas Women Legislators, 1922-2022. University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 978-1-61075-784-3 – via Google Books.
- ^ House, Arkansas General Assembly (June 3, 1947). "Journal" – via Google Books.
- ^ The Arkansas Handbook 1945-1946 by Dallas T. Herndon Arkansas Historical Commission
- ^ "Stateswomen | University of Arkansas Press". www.uapress.com.
- ^ "Love in the Legislature: From Proposal to "Aye Do" – PSA Parliaments".
- ^ a b c Smith, Lindsley Armstrong; Smith, Stephen A. (2022). A Centennial History of Arkansas Women Legislators, 1922-2022. University of Arkansas Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctv322v54j. ISBN 978-1-68226-215-3. JSTOR j.ctv322v54j – via JSTOR.
- ^ "Erle Rutherford Chambers (1875–1941)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
- ^ "Mary Ellen Blackburn Wigstrand (1856–1927)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
- ^ "Charlie Francis Cole Chaffin (1938–)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
- ^ "Nancy Balton (11080h) | CAWP Data". cawpdata.rutgers.edu.
- ^ "Arkansas Democrat Gazette". www.arkansasonline.com.
- ^ "Representative Wanda Northcutt". arkleg.state.ar.us.
- ^ "PAPER TRAILS | Late Grand Prairie region icon's legacy enhanced with generous donation of home to local museum | Arkansas Democrat Gazette". www.arkansasonline.com. October 27, 2024.
- ^ Leader, Stuttgart Daily (October 18, 2024). "Museum of the Arkansas Grand Prairie receives generous gift of historic home from the family of Wanda Northcutt Hartz".
- ^ "Gladys Watson".
- ^ "Representative Charlotte Vining Douglas (R)". arkleg.state.ar.us.
- ^ "Sarah Capp Announces For District 82 House of Representatives". Southwest Times Record.