Kate Barnard

Catherine Ann "Kate" Barnard (May 23, 1875 – February 23, 1930) was the first woman to be elected as a state official in Oklahoma, and the eleventh woman to be elected to a statewide public office in the United States, in 1907.

Quotes

• I give my soul to God. I bequeath the example of my public life to the youth of the world, praying they may emulate me in dedicating their own lives to securing justice for the poor of their generation, as I did mine.
• No one knows … but God … how much I might have accomplished for human progress during these 20 years I have been forced into silence … forced into idleness … banished into obscurity dense as the tomb.
  • History of Kate Barnard Retrieved 13 April 2025

Quotes about Kate Barnard

• Capps said Barnard’s efforts were a tremendous help to the American Indian people, and she was a champion for American Indian children.
  • History of Kate Barnard Retrieved 13 April 2025
• She was a vigorous proponent of reforms.
• Her dramatic rhetoric and favorable publicity attracted national attention and the admiration of Oklahomans.
  • Barnard, Kate Retrieved 13 April 2025