OK SCR16

Recognizes March as national Women's History Month and applauds contributions made by Oklahoma women throughout the nation's history

Honors Kate Barnard, who in 1907 became the first woman elected to statewide office in Oklahoma before women had the right to vote

Honors historian Angie Debo, who earned her Ph.D. in 1933 and authored nine history books on Oklahoma and Tribal Nations despite facing gender discrimination in academia

Honors Clara Luper, who in 1958 led students in the nation's first nonviolent lunch counter sit-in at Katz Drug Store in Oklahoma City

Honors NASA astronaut Shannon Lucid, who in the 1990s set records for most time in space by a woman and longest-duration space flight by any U.S. astronaut

Directs distribution of the resolution to the Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women