Photograph, Senator Hattie Caraway

 
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Photograph, Senator Hattie Caraway
Hattie Caraway photo
Hattie Caraway photo

Photograph, Senator Hattie Caraway

Object number2008.108.01
Dateca 1935
Mediumpaper and ink
Dimensions8 1/16 x 9 15/16 in. (20.4 x 25.3 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
DescriptionBlack and White Photograph of Senator Hattie W. Caraway.

Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway was born on February 1, 1878 near Bakersville, Tennessee. Caraway married Thaddeus “Thad” Horatius Caraway of Clay County, Arkansas on February 5, 1902. Caraway focused on raising their three children while her husband began his political career in the United States House of Representatives. When Thad unexpectedly passed away in 1931, Caraway was appointed to fill his vacancy and served until 1945. She is most widely known for her work for the Equal Nationality Treaty of 1934 and the Equal Rights Amendment. Caraway died in January 1950 after suffering a stroke.

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