The Daughters of the American Revolution posthumously honored Oklahoma's first female graduate.
Jessie Thatcher Bost, Oklahoma State University's first alumna, was honored with the "Women in American History Award." Her granddaughter and fellow OSU alumna Beverly Golden accepted the award on her behalf.
The DAR Cimarron Chapter nominated Bost for the national award, which recognizes notable women who have been intellectual, educational, social, religious, political, scientific, or cultural innovators.
“We are so proud to acknowledge Jessie Thatcher Bost for this prestigious award,” said Mary Woods, the chapter’s Women in American History chair. “She is truly a distinguished woman in American history. What a wonderful choice to be Cimarron Chapter DAR’s first nominee for this award.”
Bost graduated from Oklahoma A&M College then from OSU in 1897, becoming the first woman to graduate from any college in Oklahoma.
She cofounded the Sigma Literacy Society at OAMC and worked as an assistant at the campus library. Bost went on to serve as the first president of both the Alumni Association and the Half-Century Club.
OSU named its first women's dormitory in her honor in 1925.