first woman in U.S. elected to statewide office (at a time when no women had the right to vote); served as Oklahoma Commissioner of Charities and Corrections for 8 years
astronaut, named America’s top pilot in 1959; her many humanitarian projects to the Amazon jungle and elsewhere earned her numerous awards and a nomination for a Nobel Peace Prize
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