"That these few girls stand together": Finding women and their communities in the oil and gas industry

Women were involved in all facets of the petroleum industry, whether as support staff back at camp for men working in the fields or as the scientists deciding where to send those men to drill. Women had a presence in the hallowed halls of university geology departments from their earliest days, and found acceptable fields of study that eventually became integral to the exploration for oil. They learned more about a complex industry to better assist their executive bosses, and used their skills to help their husbands succeed. This dissertation casts a wide net to capture the variety of women's involvement with the oil and gas industry. As a support system, as students, as scientists, and as secretaries, women have contributed to the oil industry both economically and culturally. Today, women can be still be found on oil rigs, in boardrooms, in administrative offices, and in the role of supporting oil field husbands. Their importance may not lie in their influence on the industry itself, although that influence is considerable in light of their small numbers. The greater significance might be continuations of patterns of female employment, and the creation of environments in which women in similar circumstances could encourage each other and provide mutual support in both professional settings and family life

Chronicles of Oklahoma

Notes and Documents section from Volume 94, Number 2, Summer 2016. It includes a short article that describes the Oklahoma Historical Society artifact collections utilized in the exhibit "Crossroads of Commerce: A History of Free Enterprise in Oklahoma," which tells the story of commerce in Oklahoma from 1719 to present day

Chronicles of Oklahoma

Notes and Documents section from Volume 95, Number 3, Fall 2017. It includes a document about the final package opened from the Century Chest, a package donated by the Colcord Family, and its contents

Chronicles of Oklahoma

Correction section from Volume 92, Number 3, Fall 2014. It includes two corrections to Volume 92, Number 2, Summer 2014. The spine of Volume 92 Number 2 erroneously lists the issue as the winter issue. In "Oklahoma in James Bryce's The American Commonwealth," the editor should be listed as Davis Joyce in endnote 68

Chronicles of Oklahoma

Notes and Documents section from Volume 95, Number 2, Summer 2017. It includes a document honoring John Carmichael, Clyde Ellis, John Erling, and Paul Lambert, who were inducted into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 2017

Chronicles of Oklahoma

Corrections section from Volume 90, Number 2, Summer 2012. It includes two corrections for Jeffrey Widener's article, "From Bard to Speculator: Alexander Lawrence Posey and the Muscogee Nation, 1902-08." from Volume 90, Number 1, Spring 2012

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Notes and Documents section from Volume 90, Number 2, Summer 2012. It includes a document honoring Richard Lowitt and Rennard Strickland, who were inducted into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 2012

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Corrections section from Volume 93, Number 2, Summer 2015. It includes a correction for a photograph caption in Von Russell Creel's "Short Tenures on the Supreme Court of Oklahoma" in Volume 93, Number 1, Spring 2015

Chronicles of Oklahoma

Correction section from Volume 93, Number 4, Winter 2015-16. It includes a correction for a photograph caption in David W. Clark's "Carl Albert: Little Giant of Native America" in Volume 93, Number 3, Fall 2015

Chronicles of Oklahoma

Notes and Documents section from Volume 89, Number 1, Spring 2011. It features Jim Argo, Sandie Olson, Juanita Keel Tate, and Alvin O. Turner, the inductees into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 2011, and provides a chronological list of the past inductees into the hall of fame. The section also includes "The Ragland Collection" which presents a selection of maps from the efforts of Reverend Hobart Ragland to document historic sites within Oklahoma