Wilma Mankiller
Wilma Pearl Mankiller was a Native American activist, social worker, community developer and the first woman elected to serve as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. Born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, she lived on her family's allotment in Adair County, Oklahoma, until the age of 11, when her family relocated to San Francisco as part of a federal government program to urbanize Indigenous Americans. After high school, she married a well-to-do Ecuadorian and raised two daughters.
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- Tahlequah
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- San Francisco State UniversitySkyline College
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- 🏆 Presidential Medal of Freedom🏆 National Women's Hall of Fame🏆 National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame🏆 Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame🏆 Humanitarian of the Year
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1945
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