Bernice Shedrick

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Bernice Shedrick
Member of the Oklahoma Senate from the 21st district
In office 1980–1996
Succeeded by	Mike Morgan
Personal details
Born	Chickasha, Oklahoma
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Oklahoma State University
Profession	educator, Lawyer, Judge

Mary Bernice Shedrick represented Oklahoma State Senate District 21 from 1980–1996. In 1994 she was a candidate for Governor of Oklahoma. Shedrick is now a part-time Administrative Law Judge in Payne and Logan counties and is a member of the Ethics Commission of Oklahoma.

Biography

Born in Chickasha, Oklahoma Shedrick earned both her bachelor's and master's degrees from Oklahoma State University. Shedrick taught in the Stillwater Public School system from 1969 to 1980 ^[1] before running for a seat in the state senate. Elected in 1980, Shedrick was the third woman to serve in the Oklahoma Senate.

While serving in the Senate, Shedrick earned her juris doctorate from the Oklahoma City University Law School. In 1996 Shedrick was inducted in the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame.

Senate

Shedrick focused on education during her time in the Senate. She served as primary author on HB 1017, also known as the Oklahoma Educational Reform Act, which was signed into law by the Governor in April 1990.^[2] She was also an original author of HB 1286 which established the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics in 1983. There is a library in the school named after Shedrick.^[3]

References

External links

Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame

1980–1989

1982	Hannah Diggs Atkins Kate Barnard June Brooks Gloria Stewart Farley Aloysius Larch-Miller Susan Ryan Peters Christine Salmon Edyth Thomas Wallace

1983	Zelia N. Breaux Kate Frank Leona Mitchell Jean Pitts Juanita Stout Alma Wilson

1984	Angie Debo Jeane Duane Kirkpatrick Jewell Russell Mann Zella J. Patterson

1985	Mae Boren Axton June Tompkins Benson Pam Olson Betty Durham Price Bertha Frank Teague

1986	Sara Ruth Cohen Vinita Cravens Rubye Hibler Hall Elizabeth Ann McCurdy Holmes Grace Elizabeth Hudlin Wilma P. Mankiller Edna Mae Phelps Evelyn La Rue Pittman

1990–1999

1993	Marie Cox Anita Faye Hill Moscelyne Larkin Jasinski Jacqulyn C. Longacre Shannon Lucid Clara Luper Opaline Deveraux Wadkins Pat Woodrum

1995	Nancy Goodman Feldman Barbara J. Gardner Ruthe Blalock Jones Mona Salyer Lambird Gloria Grace Langdon Bernice Compton Mitchell Donna Nigh

1996	Betty Boyd Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher Lela Foreman Sandy Ingraham Lorena Males Bernice Shedrick Valree Fletcher Wynn

1997	Isabel Keith Baker Jessie Thatcher Bost Norman Eagleton Kay Goebel Ruth Gilliland Kistler Hardaman Beverly Horse Mazola McKerson Penny Baldwin Williams

2000–2009

2001	Jari Askins Shirley Bellmon Dorothy Moses DeWitty Sandy Garrett Lynn Jones Yvonne Kauger Jill Zink Tarbel Dana Tiger

2003	Esther Houser Vicki Miles-LaGrange Linda Morrissey Lynn Schusterman Donna Shirley

2005	Wanda L. Bass Nancy L. Coats Mary Fallin Amelia Elizabeth "Bessie" Simison McColgin Jeanine Rhea Stephanie Kulp Seymour

2007	Sherri Coale Ginny Creveling Joe Anna Hibler Maxine Horner Kay Martin Terry Neese Claudia Tarrington Carolyn Taylor Della Warrior

2009	Rita Aragon Suzanne Edmondson Edna Hennessee Kim Henry Marabeau Looney M. Susan Savage Carolyn Whitener

2010–2019

2011	Laura Boyd Chloe Brown Joy Culbreath Marcia Mitchell Ardina Moore Cynthia Ross Kathy Taylor Helen Harrod Thompson

2013	Ida Blackburn Elaine Dodd Lou Kerr Terri Watkins Nancy Miller Linda Haneborg

Persondata
Name	Shedrick, Bernice
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth
Place of birth	Chickasha, Oklahoma
Date of death
Place of death

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