In 1901, her father, who was Black and Cherokee, relocated to Native American territory in Oklahoma to escape discrimination in Texas, leaving Bessie and the rest of his family behind. She knew ...
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Before women were allowed to vote, two were the first to be elected to state LegislatureIt was a first for Oklahoma, but doubly so, when the first women were elected to serve in the 1920-22 Legislature. Bessie Simison McColgin was the first woman elected to the Oklahoma House of ...
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