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American Judicature Society, serving on its Board of Directors for three terms. She was a regional director of the National Association of Women Lawyers, a member of the American Bar Association’s American Society of International Law and Phi Delta Delta International Legal Fraternity for Women and associate editor of the Oklahoma Bar Journal . 16 Her achievements were not restricted to the local arena. She gained national recognition in 1950 when she toured Europe inspecting the progress of the Marshall Plan. 17 In 1953, she rep resented the southeast division of the 10th Circuit on the American Bar Association’s committee to study possible revisions to the United Nations Charter. 18 Ms. Wheaton was a lifetime member of the YWCA, and in

1965, she was selected as the Tulsa Soroptimist Club’s Woman of the Year. 19 Colleagues of Ms. Wheaton describe her as “a well-thought of and very capable lawyer” 20 and “a very fine lady and a plea sure to work with (against!!).” 21 The respect of her colleagues was demonstrated when Tulsa’s Hudson-Hall-Wheaton American Inn of Court was named for Robert D. Hudson, Amos T. Hall and Norma Frazier Wheaton. She died in Tulsa on Feb. 18, 1974.

3. Id. 4. “Services Thursday for Mrs. Wheaton,” Tulsa Daily World , Feb. 20, 1974, p. B-7. 5. Noel v. Noel , 1952 OK 43, 240 P.2d 739; In Re House Bill No. 145 , 1951 OK 288, 237 P.2d 624; Pacific Emp. Ins. Co. v. Adams , 1946 OK 86, 168 P.2d 105; Rowsey v. Witcher , 1928 OK 590, 270 P. 850; Dalton v. LeBlanc , 350 F.2d 95 (10th Cir. 1965); National Valve & Mfg. Co. v. Grimshaw , 181 F.2d 687 (10th Cir. 1950). 6. Oklahoma Almanac : 1999-2000, Okla. Dept of Libraries, Okla. City, Okla., 2000, p. 666. 7. Judge Brett, letter to author. 8. Oklahoma Almanac . 9. Sally Rolison, “Women Lawyers Successfully Protect Rights of Women and Children,” Tulsa Daily World , May 1, 1963, p. 10. 13. Id. 14. Id. 15. Orben Casey, And Justice For All: The Legal Profession in Oklahoma , 1821-1989, Oklahoma Heritage Assoc., 1989, p.155. 16. Id. 17. “Services Thursday for Mrs. Wheaton.” 18. Judge Brett, letter to author. 19. “Services Thursday for Mrs. Wheaton.” 20. Norma Eagleton and James R. Eagleton, letter to M. Jean Holmes, April 25, 2001. 21. J. Barlow Nelson, email to author, May 16, 2002. 10. Id. 11. Id. 12. Judge Brett, letter to author.

ENDNOTES

Individual Sources: Judge Thomas R. Brett James R. Eagleton

Norma Eagleton M. Jean Holmes

Neal E. McNeill Jr. J. Barlow Nelson 1. Judge Thomas R. Brett, letter to author, May 15, 2002. 2. Id.

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