Rosana Chouteau

Rosana Chouteau was the first woman to be elected chief of the Osage Beaver Band, a clan of the Native American Osage Nation in Oklahoma, in 1875, following the death of her uncle.[1][2][3]

Rosana Chouteau
First female elected chief of the Osage Beaver Band, of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma, in 1875 leader

A year after her election, Choteau asserted, "I think my band obey me better than they would a man."[4][3]

She is featured (with her name incorrectly spelled as Rosa) in Judy Chicago's installation art piece The Dinner Party.[5]

References
  1. Buchanan, James Shannon (1954). Chronicles of Oklahoma. Oklahoma Historical Society.
  2. Niethammer, Carolyn (2010). Daughters of the Earth. Simon and Schuster.
  3. Weatherford, Doris L. (2003). A History of Women in the United States: State-By-State Reference, 4 volume set. Danbury, CT: Grolier. ISBN 071725805X.
  4. Foreman, Carolyn Thomas (1975). Indian Women Chiefs (Repr. [d. Ausg.] Muskogee, Okla. : Hoffman, 1954. ed.). Washington: Zenger Pub. Co. ISBN 0892010193.
  5. "Brooklyn Museum: Rosa Chouteau". www.brooklynmuseum.org. Retrieved 2020-11-22.


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