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Bessie Grace Boehm Moore (August 2, 1902 – October 24, 1995) [1] was an American educator from Arkansas. She was a lifelong advocate to increase funding and support for libraries and served on the Arkansas Library Commission for 38 years. In 1999, American Libraries named her one of the "100 Most Important Leaders We Had in the 20th Century". [2]
Civic activist for women's issues; a founder and charter member of the UCA Women's Giving Circle [16] Joyce Williams Warren (1949–) 2023 Arkansas’ first black female judge, and multiple other firsts for black women [17] Dorothy McFadden Hoover (1918–2000) 2023 American physicist and mathematician [18] Adolphine Fletcher Terry (1882–1976 ...
Following reorganization in 2019, Arkansas state government's executive branch contains fifteen cabinet-level departments. Many formerly independent departments were consolidated as "divisions" under newly created departments under a shared services model.
Arkansas Equal Suffrage Association (AESA), organized in 1888. [1] Arkansas Federation of Women's Clubs (AFWC). [2] Arkansas Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA), formed in 1881. [1] The second iteration of the Arkansas Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA), created in 1914. [3] It was also known as the Arkansas Equal Suffrage Central Committee (AESCC ...
Adolphine Fletcher Terry (1882–1976) was an American political and social activist in the state of Arkansas.Terry leveraged her position within the Little Rock community to affect change in causes related to social justice, women's rights, racial equality, housing, and education.
Pat Walker and her husband, Willard Walker started the Willard and Pat Walker Charitable Foundation, in Springdale, Arkansas in 1986.They financed the charity using funds made from stock investments in Walmart and by 2010 had donated more than $125 million to other charities and organizations in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. [4]
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Posthumously, the University of Arkansas established a memorial bookshelf in her honor [30] and in 1959 named a women's residence hall in her honor. [34] In 1961, a new public library was built bearing her name [35] and the dining hall of the Northwest Quad residence halls at the University of Arkansas was renamed in her honor in 2012. [36]