Throughout the month of March, Special Collections and Research is celebrating the impact of women throughout history and today! 

We are spotlighting women who have forged their own paths and dedicated their lives to the arts, education, aviation, civic engagement, and the war effort. A selection of books and items from our library and archival collections are now on display in the Oklahoma Room. 

Notable Oklahoma women highlighted in the mini exhibit include Mary Gray Thompson, Dena Madole, Violet Bobby Burton, Nellie B. Volz, Sophie J. Douglas, and members of the "Five Moons"- Yvonne Chouteau, Rosella Hightower, Moscelyne Larkin, Maria Tallchief and Marjorie Tallchief, among other inspiring female leaders and mentors. 

Items on display in the Women's History Month mini exhibit are from the John Dunning III Collection, Dena Madole Collection, and the Nellie B. Volz Diaries.

Selected books on display from Special Collections and Research include: 

 Who's rocking the cradle? : Women Pioneers of Oklahoma Politics from Socialism to the KKK, 1900-1930 by Suzanne H. Schrems

Women of Oklahoma, 1890-1920 by Linda Williams Reese

Life at the Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency : The Photographs of Annette Ross Hume by Annette Ross Hume, Kristina L. Southwell, and John R. Lovett

Women Who Pioneered Oklahoma: Stories from the WPA Narratives by Terri M. Baker and Connie Oliver Henshaw

A Life on Fire : Oklahoma's Kate Barnard by Connie Cronley

Behind Brothel Doors : The Business of Prostitution in Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma (1860-1940) by Jan MacKell Collins

Letters from the Dust Bowl by Caroline Agnes Henderson and Alvin O. Turner

Angie Debo: Pioneering Historian by Shirley A. Leckie

We welcome your feedback! Email us at Special.Collections@MetroLibrary.org with your thoughts or ideas for future articles and posts. 

All images showcased here are part of Metro Library’s Special Collections and Research archives.