"The woman who would partner with her on many education initiatives wasn't like a freshman at all when she was first elected. It was like an old friend was joining us. We already knew her as a TV pioneer. Everybody loved Betty and wanted to do right by her. She was invaluable as a friend to schools and education - and to Tulsa; she was a great champion of Tulsa causes."

"Unlike many who devoted their efforts to obtaining economic equality for working-class women, Branstetter put aside class differences and worked with middle-class suffragists to help women attain the franchise."

"She also worked for woman suffrage, believing that the right to vote was essential if socialist women were going to change economic and social evils that they perceived to accompany the capitalist system."

"We are all strong, confident women with proud, respectful relationships and that's primarily because of my grandmother. She was the whole package."

"It was like an old friend was joining us. We already knew her as a TV pioneer. Everybody loved Betty and wanted to do right by her. She was invaluable as a friend to schools and education - and to Tulsa; she was a great champion of Tulsa causes."

"Betty was just a beautiful person, one of those good old, hard-working people trying to do the right thing for the biggest number. I don't think in all those years she ever missed a vote."

"Anything so-labeled had to be brought up delicately with her male colleagues, you have to make them think it's their idea. I call it playing wife."

"You have to be careful in the words that you use"

"Betty was always thinking of other people. There's an admonition in the Bible: 'Love God and love your neighbor.' Betty did a good job with both. That guided her in TV and it was why she went into public service. We loved her. She was a wonderful person."

"No-nonsense and practical, Boyd eschewed the glamorous possibilities of media stardom."

"Education was a lifelong interest for Boyd"

"My opponent has never been quoted on a platform; his campaign is solely based on the fact he has been in public office for forty years."

"Whoever is misinterpreting my remarks must be more interested in my opponent than in organized labor."

"My opponents have not committed themselves to any specific platform – my position has (been) entirely clear."

"She has the understanding of working man’s problems through earning her own living despite handicap of blindness."

"I resent that some people do not want to listen to the truth. I will run on my record . . . I have never waited to see how a vote was going to go and then vote in the house with the crowd."

"Her victory made national headlines; even Time magazine did an article about her victory."

"Blair was a local pioneer who broke new ground for women and people with disabilities in Texas. She was a fighter who did not back down and was willing to stand for causes she felt were important. Blair was ahead of her time."

"We cannot rob our institutions of learning of their ability to get facts. The truth is our greatest weapon against communism."

"I do not feel that I am going to set the world on fire, but I feel that there is a place for some practical work to be done."