Kate Barnard

"Her dramatic rhetoric and favorable publicity attracted national attention and the admiration of Oklahomans."

"I give my soul to God. I bequeath the example of my public life to the youth of the world, praying they may emulate me in dedicating their own lives to securing justice for the poor of their generation, as I did mine."

"No one knows … but God … how much I might have accomplished for human progress during these 20 years I have been forced into silence … forced into idleness … banished into obscurity dense as the tomb."

"Capps said Barnard’s efforts were a tremendous help to the American Indian people, and she was a champion for American Indian children."

"She was a vigorous proponent of reforms."