Sandy Ingraham

American attorney and advocate

Sandy Ingraham

Born| 1947

California

Alma mater| University of Central Oklahoma, University of Oklahoma
Occupation(s)| social policy consultant and attorney
Known for| author of Kids Count

Sandy Ingraham is a current social policy consultant and attorney at Ingraham & Associates law firm in McLoud, Oklahoma. Ingraham is a former lobbyist at the Oklahoma State Capitol for Neighborhood Services Organization and has worked on programs such as SoonerStart and writes the annual data book Kids Count. She was inducted into the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame in 1996 for her advocacy work and achievements.

## Early life[edit]

Sandy Ingraham was born in Northern California in 1947. Her family moved around frequently due to her father's career in the Air force. Ingraham began her high school education in California, spent a brief time in upstate New York, and finally graduated from high school in Tripoli, Libya. On her journey back to California, Ingraham stopped for a time in Oklahoma where her mother was born and ended up staying permanently.[1] She spent around seven years earning two undergraduate degrees in English Literature and Philosophy at Central State College (now University of Central Oklahoma). During her undergraduate years, Ingraham sided strongly with the Vietnam War opposition and protested openly with other students.[2] She later spent two years earning a master's degree in Social Work from the University of Oklahoma. In her mid forties, Ingraham returned to the University of Oklahoma to earn her Juris Doctor.

## Career[edit]

After earning her master's degree in Social Work, Ingraham began her professional career as a lobbyist[3] at the Oklahoma State Capitol for Neighborhood Services Organization. Some of the key issues Ingraham championed while working at the capitol include the Good Faith Donor Bill. She also worked on a bill that allowed non-profit organizations to be able to rent HUD foreclosed homes for a dollar a year provided they house homeless people in them. When Ingraham stopped lobbying full-time, she returned to the University of Oklahoma to earn her Juris Doctor. She currently practices law as an attorney at Ingraham & Associates PLLC[4][5] and also serves as a social policy consultant.

Ingraham was on the initial Board of the Oklahoma Women's Foundation. In 1993, she was named Child Advocate of the Decade.[6] Three years later in 1996, Ingraham was inducted into the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Nykolaiszyn, Juliana (January 21, 2010). "Oral history interview with Sandy Ingraham". Inductees of the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame Oral History Project. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
2. ^ "Draft Exam Protests Greet State Students at Test Center". The Oklahoman. May 15, 1996. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
3. ^ Taylor, Carolyn Anne; Dial-Driver, Emily; Emmons-Featherson, Sally; Burrage, Carole (Nov 27, 2012). Voices From the Heartland. University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 131–134. ISBN 978-0-8061-8654-2. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
4. ^ "Sandy Ingraham". Legal Directories Publishing Company, Inc. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
5. ^ "Interfaith organization schedules discussion on same-sex marriage". The Oklahoman. March 23, 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
6. ^ "Woman Honored". The Oklahoman. April 18, 1993. Retrieved 17 July 2015.

## External links[edit]

* Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame Oral History Project -- OSU Library
* Communities Foundation of Oklahoma: Advisory Board of Governors
* Oklahoma's Adoption Invalidation Law in Lawsuit
* Adoption in Oklahoma:A Study of Adoptive Families, Birthparents, Agencies, Legal Practices and Trends \- Sandy Ingraham
* "OASES Head Nominated" - The Oklahoman

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Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame

1980s

| 1982|

* Hannah Diggs Atkins
* Kate Barnard
* June Brooks
* Gloria Stewart Farley
* Aloysius Larch-Miller
* Susan Ryan Peters
* Christine Salmon
* Edyth Thomas Wallace

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1983|

* Zelia N. Breaux
* Kate Frank
* Leona Mitchell
* Jean Pitts
* Juanita Stout
* Alma Wilson

1984|

* Angie Debo
* Jeane Duane Kirkpatrick
* Jewell Russell Mann
* Zella J. Patterson

1985|

* Mae Boren Axton
* June Tompkins Benson
* Pam Olson
* Betty Durham Price
* Bertha Frank Teague

1986|

* Sara Ruth Cohen
* Vinita Cravens
* Rubye Hibler Hall
* Elizabeth Ann McCurdy Holmes
* Grace Elizabeth Hudlin
* Wilma P. Mankiller
* Edna Mae Phelps
* Evelyn La Rue Pittman

1990s

| 1993|

* Marie Cox
* Anita Faye Hill
* Moscelyne Larkin Jasinski
* Jacqulyn C. Longacre
* Shannon Lucid
* Clara Luper
* Opaline Deveraux Wadkins
* Pat Woodrum

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1995|

* Nancy Goodman Feldman
* Barbara J. Gardner
* Ruthe Blalock Jones
* Mona Salyer Lambird
* Gloria Grace Langdon
* Bernice Compton Mitchell
* Donna Nigh

1996|

* Betty Boyd
* Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher
* Lela Foreman
* Sandy Ingraham
* Lorena Males
* Bernice Shedrick
* Valree Fletcher Wynn

1997|

* Isabel Keith Baker
* Jessie Thatcher Bost
* Norma Eagleton
* Kay Goebel
* Ruth Gilliland Kistler Hardaman
* Beverly Horse
* Mazola McKerson
* Penny Baldwin Williams

2000s

| 2001|

* Jari Askins
* Shirley Bellmon
* Dorothy Moses DeWitty
* Sandy Garrett
* Lynn Jones
* Yvonne Kauger
* Jill Zink Tarbel
* Dana Tiger

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2003|

* Esther Houser
* Vicki Miles-LaGrange
* Linda Morrissey
* Lynn Schusterman
* Donna Shirley

2005|

* Wanda L. Bass
* Nancy L. Coats
* Mary Fallin
* Amelia Elizabeth "Bessie" Simison McColgin
* Jeanine Rhea
* Stephanie Kulp Seymour

2007|

* Sherri Coale
* Ginny Creveling
* Joe Anna Hibler
* Maxine Horner
* Kay Martin
* Terry Neese
* Claudia Tarrington
* Carolyn Thompson Taylor
* Della Warrior

2009|

* Rita Aragon
* Suzanne Edmondson
* Edna Miller Hennessee
* Kim Henry
* Marabeau Looney
* M. Susan Savage
* Carolyn Whitener

2010s

| 2011|

* Laura Boyd
* Chloe Brown
* Joy Culbreath
* Marcia Mitchell
* Ardina Moore
* Cynthia Ross
* Kathy Taylor
* Helen Harrod Thompson

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2013|

* Ida Blackburn
* Elaine Dodd
* Lou Kerr
* Terri Watkins
* Nancy Miller
* Linda Haneborg

2015|

* LaDonna Harris
* Mary Mélon
* Marion Paden
* Thelma Parks
* Ramona Paul
* Patty Roloff
* Avis Scaramucci

2017|

* Linda Cavanaugh
* Glenda Love
* Pat Potts
* Meg Salyer
* Rhonda Walters
* Edith McKinney Gaylord

2018|

* Susan Chambers
* Jayne Anne Jayroe-Gamble
* Joan Gilmore
* Willa Johnson
* Kay Rhoads

2019|

* Noma Gurich
* Helen Holmes
* Judy Love
* Ollie Starr

2020s

| 2022|

* Sue Ann Arnall
* Carleen Burger
* Janice Dobbs
* Wanda Jackson
* Roseline Nsikak
* Kayse Shrum
* Betty McElderry
* Anna Belle Wiedemann

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2023|

* Mo Anderson
* Patricia Fennell
* Ann Felton Gilliland
* Donna Grabow
* Kim Garrett Funk
* Cathy Keating
* Freddye Harper Williams

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