Person Record
Metadata
Name |
Mankiller, Wilma |
Born |
11/18/1945 |
Birthplace |
Tahlequah, Oklahoma |
Nationality |
Cherokee |
Spouse |
Charlie Soap |
Children |
One son, Winterhawk |
Places of residence |
1945 - 1956: Mankiller Flats, OK 1956 - 1977: San Francisco, CA 1977 - Present: Cherokee Nation, OK |
Education |
University of Arkansas |
Occupation |
First female Chief of the Cherokee Nation, 1985 - 1995. Deputy Chief, 1983 - 1985. Participated in student occupation of Alcatraz Island, 1969. |
Titles & honors |
Ms. Magazine's Woman of the Year in 1987 |
Publications |
1993 Mankiller: A Chief and Her People St. Martin's Press, ISBN 0-312-20662-3 2004 Every Day Is a Good Day Fulcrum Publishing, ISBN 1-55591-516-7 A Readers Companion to the History of Women in the U.S (editor, with Barbara Smith, Gloria Steinem, Gwendolyn Mink, Marysa Navarro) ISBN 0-395-67173-6 |
