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| Title | Mrs. Lamar Looney: A conversation with Patricia Dennis |
| Interviewee | Dennis, Patricia |
| Interviewer | Finchum, Tanya |
| Interview Date | 7/14/2008 |
| Abstract | Mrs. Lamar Looney, born Mirabeau Lamar Cole, is Oklahomas first female state senator; elected to the Senate in 1920 and served through 1928; her great-granddaughter, Patricia Dennis talks about her great-grandmother; born in Talladega, Alabama in 1871; family moved to Texas; met and married Doc Tourney Looney; moved to Hollis Oklahoma; had six children, one died in infancy; lost husband when youngest son was 10; postmistress of Hollis; taught organ lessons; allotments and acquiring a patent for the land; built a soddy; sold organ for mules; put in a crop; after five years moved back to town; county clerk; ran for senate and was seated in 1920; heart disease; for universal suffrage; state laws would not allow her to be lieutenant governor; ran for the United States Senate and lost; died in 1935; background on her children; became a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association; pioneer life; and the portrait at the Capitol. |
| Subject | Looney, Mrs. Lamar, 1871-1935 ; Legislators --Oklahoma ; Oklahoma --Politics and government ; Oklahoma. Legislature ; Oklahoma. Legislature. Senate ; Women in politics --Oklahoma |
| Description | Patricia Dennis, the great-granddaughter of Mrs. Lamar Looney, was interviewed July 14, 2008 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Mrs. Lamar Looney was elected to the Oklahoma Senate in 1920 and served through 1928. Ms. Dennis shares some family background regarding her great-grandmother and information about her career path. |
| Digital Publisher | OOHRP-Oklahoma State University Library |
| Collection | Women of the Oklahoma Legislature |
| Interview Number | WOL_043 |
| Rights | This material may not be copied or reproduced without permission. For more information, contact the Oklahoma Oral History Research Program at liboh@okstate.edu or call 405-744-7685. |
| Identifier | oralhistwol |
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| Title | Full Transcript |
| Interviewee | Dennis, Patricia |
| Interviewer | Finchum, Tanya |
| Interview Date | 7/14/2008 |
| Abstract | Mrs. Lamar Looney, born Mirabeau Lamar Cole, is Oklahomas first female state senator; elected to the Senate in 1920 and served through 1928; her great-granddaughter, Patricia Dennis talks about her great-grandmother; born in Talladega, Alabama in 1871; family moved to Texas; met and married Doc Tourney Looney; moved to Hollis Oklahoma; had six children, one died in infancy; lost husband when youngest son was 10; postmistress of Hollis; taught organ lessons; allotments and acquiring a patent for the land; built a soddy; sold organ for mules; put in a crop; after five years moved back to town; county clerk; ran for senate and was seated in 1920; heart disease; for universal suffrage; state laws would not allow her to be lieutenant governor; ran for the United States Senate and lost; died in 1935; background on her children; became a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association; pioneer life; and the portrait at the Capitol. |
| Subject | Looney, Mrs. Lamar, 1871-1935 ; Legislators --Oklahoma ; Oklahoma --Politics and government ; Oklahoma. Legislature ; Oklahoma. Legislature. Senate ; Women in politics --Oklahoma |
| Description | 8 pages |
| Format | application/.pdf |
| Digital Publisher | OOHRP-Oklahoma State University Library |
| Collection | Women of the Oklahoma Legislature |
| Interview Number | WOL_043 |
| Rights | This material may not be copied or reproduced without permission. For more information, contact the Oklahoma Oral History Research Program at liboh@okstate.edu or call 405-744-7685. |
| Identifier | oralhistwol |
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