Patience Latting Collection

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Patience Latting Collection

1967-1983

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Contains documents related to the political career (1967-1983) of Patience Sewell Latting, the first woman to sit on the Oklahoma City Council and the first female mayor of Oklahoma City. The collection also includes memos and reports from the city manager during that time.

6 legal boxes, 1 oversize folder

eng, Latn

Oklahoma Historical Society, Research Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 11660566

Oklahoma Historical Society, Research Division

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Latting, Patience Sewell, 1918-2012

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Patience Sewell Latting (August 27, 1918 – December 29, 2012) was an American politician who served as Mayor of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, from 1971 to 1983. Latting was the first female Mayor of Oklahoma City and the first woman to head the government of an American city of more than 350,000 people. Born Patience Francelia Sewell in Texhoma, Oklahoma, she graduated from Classen High School in Oklahoma City before earning a bachelor's degree with honors in mathematics from the University of Okl...