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“The Magnificent Citizenship: Politics, Gender, and Race in Early Oklahoma”
November 6, 2025, 6 p.m.–8 p.m.
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Join the Oklahoma Territorial Museum and Carnegie Library on Thursday, November 6, at 6 p.m. for a lecture on “The Magnificent Citizenship: Politics, Gender, and Race in Early Oklahoma.” This presentation examines politics, gender, race, and the contested nature of citizenship in Oklahoma as it transitioned from territory to state.
Christine Carlson will present her project about how maternalism, alliances with conservative groups, and racial questions drove and stymied the Oklahoma women’s suffrage movement from 1895 to 1907.
Thayme Watson will delve into the topic of the Oklahoma Statehood Convention, examining how delegates tied notions of gender and race to citizenship and who would be an “Oklahoman.”
Hope Cunningham will analyze the relationships between masculinity, patriotism, and vigilantism in the statewide response to the 1917 Green Corn Rebellion. This illuminates the unique political atmosphere during World War I, and how Oklahomans viewed the proper expression of manhood.
“The Magnificent Citizenship: Politics, Gender, and Race in Early Oklahoma” was presented at the 2024 Oklahoma History Symposium by Hope Cunningham, MA student; Christine Carlson, PhD student; and Thayme Watson, PhD candidate; all of OU; with moderator Sarah Eppler Janda, professor, Cameron University.
A video of the presentation is available on the Oklahoma Historical Society YouTube page, and can be viewed at https://youtu.be/b_bEP121zHQ?si=I4Nww8_Dz_StZ86K.
