The Oklahoma Hall of Fame was founded in 1927 by Anna B. Korn to officially celebrate Statehood Day, recognize Oklahomans dedicated to their communities, and provide educational programming for all ages. The first Oklahoma Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony was held the next year, inducting the first two members into the hall of fame. In the 1970s, the Hefner Mansion was donated to the association to house the exhibits and busts or portraits of the inductees, and the organization changed its name to the Oklahoma Heritage Association in 1971. It then moved into the former Mid-Continent Life Insurance building in Oklahoma City in 2007 and opened the Gaylord-Pickens Museum with interactive exhibits. In 2015, the organization changed its name for the final time to the Oklahoma Hall of Fame, in order to better represent the goals and mission of the organization.
8-425: Hillerman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Abbie B. Rich Hillerman (1856–1945), American suffragette and prohibitionist Anne Hillerman (born 1949), American journalist and author John Hillerman (1932–2017), American character actor Tony Hillerman (1925–2008), American author [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
16-601: A prohibition section in its state constitution. In 1908, she was the national WCTU representative to the Panama Canal Zone . After statehood she served as the state WCTU vice-president between 1910 and 1911; between 1911 and 1919 she served as the state organization's president. She supported legislation in Oklahoma that regulated cigarettes and raised the age of consent . She was known as the "Mother of Prohibition" in Oklahoma or
24-645: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Abbie B. Rich Hillerman Abbie B. Rich Hillerman (November 20, 1856 – July 12, 1945) was an American suffragette and prohibitionist active in Oklahoma Territory and later Oklahoma . She was known as the "Mother of Prohibition" in Oklahoma. Abbie B. Rich was born into a Quaker family to Lucinda Mendenhall and Phineas Rich near Kokomo, Indiana , on November 20, 1856. She moved to Kansas in 1873 and earned an education degree from Kansas State University . After graduation she began her work in
32-506: The Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1938. After moving to Tulsa , she served as the city's chapter president from 1932 until her death on July 12, 1945. She's buried at Rose Hill Memorial Park, in Tulsa. Oklahoma Hall of Fame To be eligible for induction, an individual must satisfy the following criteria: In 2000, the rules were changed to allow for posthumous nominations. Portraits of
40-415: The surname Hillerman . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hillerman&oldid=1248372180 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
48-510: The temperance movement in Seward County, Kansas by serving as the local Woman's Christian Temperance Union president. She married Phineas P. Hillerman, an attorney, in 1879 and they had three children together. In 1890, the Hillermans moved to Chandler , Oklahoma Territory . In 1900, she moved to Stillwater and organized the first local Woman's Christian Temperance Union ("WCTU") in
56-514: The "Grand Old Lady of Prohibition." During World War I she spoke across the nation at the request of Herbert Hoover about food conservation. She declined the position of president of the Oklahoma WCTU in 1920 after winning re-election. In 1925 she wrote History of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Indian Territory, Oklahoma Territory, and State of Oklahoma: 1888–1925 and was inducted into
64-543: The city, serving as its president. In 1900, she served as the territorial WCTU's secretary before serving as the organizations territorial president between 1903 and 1907. During the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention she campaigned for prohibition by delivering over 100 speeches across the twin territories (Oklahoma and Indian Territory ). Oklahoma was the only state admitted into the United States with
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