Photograph, Hattie Caraway

 
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Photograph, Hattie Caraway
Photograph, Hattie Caraway
Photograph, Hattie Caraway
Photograph, Hattie Caraway

Photograph, Hattie Caraway

Object number2016.006.06
Date1930s
MediumPaper, Ink
Dimensions11 1/2 × 8 1/2 in. (29.2 × 21.6 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionA black and white press photograph of Arkansas United States Senator Hattie Caraway. She is holding a lucky rabbit's foot and smiling at it, as her lead over her two opponents for U.S. Senate begins to increase.

    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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