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Mary II (30 April 1662 – 28 December 1694) was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland, co-reigning with her husband, King William III and II, from 1689 until her death in 1694. She was also Princess of Orange following her marriage on 4 November 1677. Her joint reign with William over Britain is known as that of William and Mary.
Mary Jane Brown, first person to earn a doctorate from the University of Oklahoma; Yvonne Chouteau, one of the Five Moons and co-founder of the School of Dance at the University of Oklahoma [2] Jerry Farley, long-time administrator at OU; 16th president of Washburn University; Alison Fields, Mary Lou Milner Carver Professor of Art of the ...
In 1960, she and her husband, Terekhov, became artists in residence at the University of Oklahoma. And in 1963, they created the Oklahoma City Civic Ballet, now known as Oklahoma City Ballet. [3] Chouteau accomplished so much in her career and because of it has multiple honors and awards. In 1932–4, she led every major parade in Oklahoma.
Oklahoma's admission into the union in 1907 led to the renaming of the Norman Territorial University as the University of Oklahoma. Norman residents donated 407 acres (1.6 km 2 ) of land for the university 0.5 miles (0.8 km) south of the Norman railroad depot.
Bernice Dona Berry Beckham: [1] First female to serve as the Assistant District Attorney in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma [32] Reta Strubhar: [33] First female to serve as a Judge of the District Court of Canadian County, Oklahoma (1984) Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher: [34] First African American female admitted to the University of Oklahoma College of Law ...
Oklahoma City (/ ˌ oʊ k l ə ˈ h oʊ m ə-/ ⓘ), officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, [9] its population ranks 20th among United States cities and 8th in the Southern United States.
The Thoburns moved to Oklahoma City in 1896. [1] [4] Joseph initially worked as a printer and journalist to develop and promote the commercial and educational aspects of Oklahoma City. He performed short-term jobs such as editing The Farm Journal. By May, 1902, he had joined the Oklahoma City Commercial Club and had been named as its secretary.
The memorial was designed by Oklahoma City architects Hans and Torrey Butzer, and Sven Berg and was dedicated by President Clinton on April 19, 2000, exactly five years after the bombing. [21] Oklahoma City has since rebuilt, and except for the memorial, there is little evidence of the bombing.