Title
Preview
Description
Black and white sketch of Hattie Caraway, including biographical narrative.
Transcription
First woman senator
Mrs. Caraway
Hattie Ophelia Wyatt was born at Bakerville, Tenn… She attended Hustburg Country School and the Normal College at Dickson, Tenn… She taught school. Married Thad Caraway whom she had met at Dickson College. Moved to Arkansas... Mrs, Caraway was the first elected woman senator, a Georgia woman having held a courtesy appointment a few hours in 1922.
Mrs. Caraway's biography in the congressional directory is almost as brief as that of her husband: Hattie W. Caraway, Democrat of Jonesboro, Ark.. Appointed on Nov. 13, 1931, and elected on Jan. 12, 1932, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, Sen. Thaddeus H. Caraway: Re-elected on Nov. 8, 1932, for the term ending in 1939..
Senators O' Mahoney Copeland Caraway and Fess
Physical Description
Document, 11" x 14"
Language
English
Identifier
MS.000379, Image 10
Resource Type
Image
Collection
Walter J. Lemke drawings collection: biographical sketches, MS.000379
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Hattie Caraway, Walter J. Lemke drawings collection: biographical sketches, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
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Disciplines
United States History
