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| | Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway (1878â“1950) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas |
 | | Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway was the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate, the first woman to preside over the Senate, the first to chair a Senate committee, and the first to preside over a Senate hearing. |
 | | Hattie Wyatt was born to William Carroll Wyatt and Lucy (Burch) Wyatt on February 1, 1878, near Bakersville, Tennessee. |
 | | Caraway was instrumental in securing Camp Robinson, Fort Chaffee, two Japanese relocation centers at Jerome (Drew and Chicot counties) and Rohwer (Desha County), five air bases, defense ordnance plants, and aluminum factories in Arkansas during World War II. |
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