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Building 3001: Home of the "Gooney Bird"

Description: Article describes the history of Building 3001 at Tinker Air Force Base, where Oklahoman workers produced thousands of C-47 military aircraft during World War II. The building was nicknamed the "Gooney Bird" after the Albatross, clumsy on the ground but beautiful in flight.
Date: Autumn 2013
Creator: Allin, Lawrence Carroll
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Same Traditions, New Reasons: Experiences of American Indian Women in Pawnee Bill's Wild West Shows

Description: Article describes American Indian women's roles while participating as part of the cast in Wild West shows. Wild West shows, such as the ones organized by G. W. "Pawnee Bill" Lillie, featured acts that entertained audiences and showed white Americans a version of life in the West. Alyce Vigil describes how American Indian women in the cast worked to maintain their traditions in this new context.
Date: Summer 2013
Creator: Vigil, Alyce
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Unforgotten Trailblazer: Nancy O. Randolph Davis

Description: Article presents a biography of equal education and civil rights activist, Nancy O. Randolph Davis. In her roles as a student, a teacher, and a NAACP Youth Council Sponsor, Nancy O. Randolph Davis fought for equality for African American young people and made possible the advancement of Oklahoma's civil rights movement.
Date: Winter 2012
Creator: Pollard, Gloria J.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Vilona P. Cutler: Humanitarian, Activist, and Educator

Description: Article describes the life and career of Vilona P. Cutler, general secretary of the Young Women's Christian Association and director of the School of Social Work at the University of Oklahoma, who worked tirelessly to improve race relations and provide equal opportunities to women and minority groups in the early and mid-1900s.
Date: Spring 2012
Creator: Pierson, Gregory N.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Eliza Jane Ross: A Pioneer Cherokee Educator

Description: Article provides a biography of Eliza Jane Ross, niece of Cherokee Chief John Ross and prominent pioneer teacher within the Cherokee Nation, paying tribute to her dedication as an educator and impact on the communities she taught.
Date: Summer 2009
Creator: McCullagh, James G.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"Any Woman That Could Ride a Horse Could Fly": Dorothy K. Pressler Morgan, 1930s Oklahoma Aviatrix

Description: Article describes the role of Dorothy Pressler Morgan in aviation history. In 1930 Dorothy Pressler Morgan became the second female pilot licensed in Oklahoma by the U.S. Department of Commerce. She was also known as Oklahoma City's best stunt pilot, an altitude-record setter, and the nation's first female airport manager.
Date: Spring 2006
Creator: Fugate, Tally D.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Lela L. Barnett: An Oklahoma WAC in World War II Italy

Description: Article describes the life of Lela Barnett, one of the first members of the Women's Army Corps during World War II, through letters sent home to her mother. From training and service in Italy, to her adventures as a civilian employee, to her eventual return to Oklahoma to work as a librarian at Fort Sill, Ralph Gregory Barnett records his aunt's eventful life.
Date: Autumn 2005
Creator: Beil, Raph Gregory
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Dr. Anna Lewis: Historian at the Oklahoma College for Women

Description: Article presents a biographical sketch of Dr. Anna Lewis, who enjoyed a long and stellar career at Oklahoma College for Women but whose accomplishments have often been overlooked. This article gives an account of Lewis' life as she struggled to obtain the terminal degree in history, build a sound academic program at the college, and teach and write about Oklahoma history.
Date: Winter 2004
Creator: Reese, Linda Williams
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Where Angels Belong: The Oklahoma Antisuffrage Movement

Description: Article covers the history of the antisuffrage movement in Oklahoma and describes key figures and organizations against women's suffrage from the founding of the Oklahoma state constitution to the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, which gave women the right to vote on a national level.
Date: Summer 2004
Creator: Fugate, Tally D.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"She Would Raise Hens to Aid War": The Contributions of Oklahoma Women during World War I

Description: Article explores the many often-overlooked contributions and achievements of Oklahoma women during World War I. Women organized meetings to create movements to assist war efforts, worked outside the domestic sphere in various occupations, and became involved in industrial growth.
Date: Autumn 2003
Creator: Rich, Melanie
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Ultimate Patriots?: Oklahoma Women of the Ku Klux Klan

Description: Article describes the activities and formation of the all-female branch of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s, the Women of the Ku Klux Klan. Suzzane H. Schrems describes the ritualistic appeal of the organization to ultraconservative women of this time period and the eventual decline of the Oklahoma WKKK by 1928.
Date: Summer 2001
Creator: Schrems, Suzanne H.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"The Panther's Scream is Often Heard": Cherokee Women in Indian Territory during the Civil War

Description: The Civil War and intertribal factionalism in the Cherokee Nation left one-third of women as widows and one-fourth of the children as orphans by 1863. This article is a careful examination of the lives of many Cherokee women in which the author concludes that while the crisis may have empowered women, it also led to a crisis of identity for elite women.
Date: Spring 2000
Creator: Johnston, Carolyn Ross
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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