Ninety Pounds of Dynamite: Kate Barnard’s Lasting Impact

The first woman to hold statewide office in Oklahoma years before she could vote, Kate Barnard was instrumental in bringing many major reforms to the young state. Her work affected orphans, children, widows, education, working conditions and more. She laid the foundations that benefits Oklahomans to this day, but she was lost to history for over five decades until…

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