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Women's history in Arkansas

 

Arkansas women have held important social and political roles throughout the state's history. In addition to domestic, educational, and civic roles, Arkansas women became active suffragettes and held early roles in government. In the 1920s the town of Winslow elected the first all-female city government; in 1932 the nation's first female senator was a representative of Arkansas. This online exhibit explores some of the roles of women in the state, particularly in regard to education and political pursuits.

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  • Arkadelphia Ladies Library

    Arkadelphia Ladies Library

    Color postcard of the Arkadelphia Ladies Library.

  • Charlotte Stephens

    Charlotte Stephens

    Black and white print photograph of Charlotte Stephens, the first African American teacher in Little Rock, Arkansas.

  • Convent of Mercy, Little Rock

    Convent of Mercy, Little Rock

    This is a pencil sketch of the Convent of Mercy at 7th and Louisiana Street in Little Rock, unknown date.

  • Geraldine Jones Jefferson

    Geraldine Jones Jefferson

    Black and white photograph of Mrs. Geraldine Jones Jefferson posed sitting in a chair wearing a dress, coat, and hat and holding a purse.

  • Hattie Caraway

    Hattie Caraway

    Black and white photographic portrait of Senator Hattie Caraway.

  • Medora Hampton Kitchens making rugs with friends

    Medora Hampton Kitchens making rugs with friends

    Black and white photographic negative of Medora Hampton Kitchens and her friends showing rugs they are making. Medora is standing with a rug labeled, "Daisy Scroll." The seated women are unnamed but the titles of their rugs are listed left to right: "Gift of Love," Bow, Knot and Roses," "Paradise Garden," "Hearth Rug," and "Arcadia."

  • Prescott cheerleaders

    Prescott cheerleaders

    Black and white photograph of three unnamed African American cheerleaders from Prescott in their cheerleading uniforms.

  • Women's City Club in Little Rock

    Women's City Club in Little Rock

    Color postcard of the Women's City Club at 4th and Scott Streets in Little Rock, Arkansas.

  • Narrative, Origins of Arkansas's State Flag by Willie K. Hocker

    Narrative, Origins of Arkansas's State Flag

    Willie K. Hocker

    This is Willie K. Hocker's narrative about the origin of Arkansas's state flag. The first four pages are handwritten on Pine Bluff letterhead by Hocker, designer of the flag, but the last page is typed.

  • Women's residence hall, Arkansas State College by Yee Tin-Boo

    Women's residence hall, Arkansas State College

    Yee Tin-Boo

    Color postcard of the Women's Residence Hall at Arkansas State College in Jonesboro.

  • Arkansas Lassies basketball team

    Arkansas Lassies basketball team

    This is a black and white photograph of the 1960 Arkansas Lassies basketball team. Linda Yearby is the second person to the far right. The photograph is signed by Marii Witt.

  • Ila Upchurch

    Ila Upchurch

    Black and white photograph of Jeanes Teacher's supervisor, Ila Upchurch. Upchurch worked as a Jeanes Teacher's supervisor in Prescott, Arkansas, for over 25 years and was the only Jeanes teacher in the area during her tenure.

  • Letter, Women's Emergency Committee to Gov. Orval Faubus

    Letter, Women's Emergency Committee to Gov. Orval Faubus

    Two-page typed letter to Governor Orval Faubus refuting his assertion that the desegregation of Washington D.C. schools was a good representation for why integration is bad. The committee included a page of statistics about Washington D.C. schools as well as a quote from a Washington D.C. school superintendent stating that his schools have not declined as a result of desegregation.

  • Patricia Peacock, world champion duck caller

    Patricia Peacock, world champion duck caller

    Black and white photograph of Patricia Peacock, world champion duck caller, at the age of 17.

  • Former first ladies of Arkansas by Johnny Jenkins

    Former first ladies of Arkansas

    Johnny Jenkins

    This is a black and white photograph of eight former First Ladies of Arkansas. The photograph does not have a list of names attached.

  • Bernie Babcock and Pauline Hoeltzel

    Bernie Babcock and Pauline Hoeltzel

    This is a black and white photograph of Bernie Babcock receiving her honorary degree in Literature from the University of Arkansas in the spring of 1951. Seated next to her is Pauline Hoeltzel, who was a member of the University of Arkansas's Board of Trustees.

  • Program, National Hospital Day - Lena Lowe Jordan

    Program, National Hospital Day - Lena Lowe Jordan

    Program from the 1950 National Hospital Day honoring Nurse Lena Lowe Jordan. Jordan had worked as a nurse for 40 years and on her 66th birthday, the Lena Jordan Hospital honored her as part of National Hospital Day. The program is missing pages.

  • Letter to Pauline Hoeltzel from Marion Brown by Marion Brown

    Letter to Pauline Hoeltzel from Marion Brown

    Marion Brown

    Letter written to Pauline Hoeltzel from Marion Brown congratulating Pauline on her appointment to the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees. Pauline was the first woman appointed on the U of A Board of Trustees, serving from 1950-1960. This letter is one of an extensive series of congratulatory correspondence on her appointment.

  • Ila Upchurch, home economics teacher

    Ila Upchurch, home economics teacher

    This is a black and white photograph of Ila Upchurch in her Home Economics classroom at McRae School in Nevada County.

  • Ila Upchurch, McRae School home economics

    Ila Upchurch, McRae School home economics

    This is a black and white photograph of Ila Upchurch with canning jars prepared at McRae School Home Economics canning class at McRae School in Nevada County.

  • Three unidentified African American women

    Three unidentified African American women

    This is a black and white photograph of three unidentified African American women standing outside a school.

  • Female workers at the bomb detonation plant, Jacksonville, AR

    Female workers at the bomb detonation plant, Jacksonville, AR

    Black and white photograph of female workers at the Bomb Detonation Plant in Jacksonville. Written on the back of the photograph: "third from left - Nonnie (3rd from left), Laura (Herring) Kennedy Jigouleff, Prob. between 1942-1945, 3rd from right: Ruby Hooks Stuckey, Worked in Bomb Detonation Plant (just outside of Little Rock, Ark.) - during WWII, Jacksonville."

  • Letter, Hattie Caraway to John Park Cravens by Hattie Caraway

    Letter, Hattie Caraway to John Park Cravens

    Hattie Caraway

    This is a typed letter from Senator Hattie Caraway to John Park Cravens in Magazine, Arkansas. In the last paragraph, Caraway talks a little about being a female legislator

  • Letter, Mrs. F.J. Jackson to Lessie Stringfellow Read by Mrs. F.J. Jackson

    Letter, Mrs. F.J. Jackson to Lessie Stringfellow Read

    Mrs. F.J. Jackson

    This is a typed letter from Mrs. F.J. Jackson with the Women's Campaign Committee to Lessie Stringfellow Read discussing Ben Laney's gubernatorial campaign.

  • Program, Arkansas Democratic Women's Club convention

    Program, Arkansas Democratic Women's Club convention

    This is a program from the 12th Annual Arkansas Democratic Women's Club Convention at the Marion Hotel in Little Rock.

 
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