Laura Boyd

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Laura Boyd
Oklahoma State Representative
In office 1993–1998
Constituency	44th House District
Personal details
Born	1949 Charlottesville, Virginia
Nationality	American
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Duke University, Marywood University American Commonwealth University
Profession	adjunct assistant professor consultant clinical psychologist

Laura Boyd (born 1949) is an American politician from Oklahoma. A member of the Democratic Party, Boyd was elected in 1992 to the Oklahoma House of Representatives to represent District 44, which included Cleveland County. She served in the State House for six years until 1998 when she became the first woman to receive a major party nomination for Governor of Oklahoma. Incumbent Republican Governor Frank Keating defeated Boyd in a landslide. Eisenhower Fellowships selected Laura Boyd as a USA Eisenhower Fellow in 1999.

Biography

Boyd was born in Charlottesville, Virginia. She earned a bachelor's degree from Duke University, a master's from Marywood University, and a Doctorate in Psychology from American Commonwealth University.^[1] Boyd served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1993 to 1998 and Chaired the Community and Family Responsibilities Committee

First Oklahoma Woman nominee for Governor

In 1998 Boyd was the first woman nominee for Governor in Oklahoma as she won the nomination of the Oklahoma Democratic Party. She received 41% of the votes and was defeated by Republican Frank Keating.^[2] In 2002 Boyd was the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma but was defeated by Republican Mary Fallin.^[3]

In addition

Dr. Boyd has sixteen years of teaching experience at both undergraduate and graduate levels, as well as twenty-plus years of private counseling experience.^[4]

She is owner and CEO of Policy and Performance Consultants Inc. in Norman as well as national field director of Women Legislators' Lobby and executive director of the Oklahoma Therapeutic Foster Care Association.^[5]

In 2011 she was inducted in the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame.

Major Legislation

The Ryan Luke Act, which cracks down on child abuse and sexual predators, was Boyd's major legislative contribution.^[6]

References

External links

2005-2006 Oklahoma Almanac Online--Oklahoma History
Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project--OSU Library
Historic House Membership Oklahoma House of Representatives.

Party political offices
Preceded by Jack Mildren	Democratic nominee for Governor of Oklahoma 1998	Succeeded by Brad Henry
Preceded by Jack Morgan	Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma 2002	Succeeded by Jari Askins

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	Boyd, Laura
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	1949
Place of birth	Charlottesville, Virginia
Date of death
Place of death

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