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TAHLEQUAH – Ask anyone anywhere in the U.S. if they can name a Cherokee woman and Wilma Mankiller would probably get the most mentions.
During her 1985-95 tenure as the Cherokee Nation’s first and only – to date – woman principal chief, she became a nationally recognized public figure. She was also an activist for Native rights and an author.
“I’ve run into more discrimination as a woman than as an Indian,” Mankiller once said.
Throughout her life, Mankiller chipped away at some of that undeserved stigma – toward women and Natives.
She also said: “A lot of young girls have looked to their career paths and have said they’d like to be chief. There’s been a change in the limits people see.” ....

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