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Forty percent of Arkansas’ COVID19 cases are prisoners. In a Marion, Ohio prison, more than 1800 prisoners and 100 guards have tested positive for novel Coronavirus. That is 73% of the inmates in that prison. Although prisons and jails are hotspots for the novel Coronavirus across the country, Arizona has no clue what in happening in … Read more

 Today’s amazing woman in Arizona history is Rachel Emma Allen Berry. Rachel Berry was an American suffragist, who worked to advocate and fight for women’s right to vote and to run for office.   Just two years after women were granted the right to vote in Arizona, Rachel Berry became one of the first women in … Read more

Today’s amazing woman in Arizona history is Sarah Herring Sorin. After moving from New York to Tombstone, Arizona with her family, Sarah Sorin became one of the first female school teachers in Arizona, later becoming the principal.  After the death of her brother, Sorin resigned from her work in the schoolhouse and went to study … Read more

Today’s amazing woman in Arizona history is Lorna E. Lockwood. Lorna Lockwood was born and raised in Arizona and developed an interest in law from a young age. After attending high school in Tombstone, AZ, Lockwood went to pursue an undergraduate degree and Juris Doctorate at the University of Arizona. She was the only female … Read more

Today’s amazing woman in Arizona history is Carolyn Warner. Warner began her political career as a board member of the Phoenix Union High School District. She then went on to become the first non-educator elected as State Superintendent of Public Instruction. She served in this position for 12 years. Following her time as State Superintendent, … Read more