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Wilma Mankiller has many accomplishments to her name — the first female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, a US quarter in her likeness, to name a few.
The Wilma Mankiller doll is part of the Barbie "Inspiring Women" series and is now available for purchase. Mankiller, who served as the principal chief from 1985 to 1995, revitalized the Cherokee ...
Mankiller is the third woman featured on quarters as part of a new program. Wilma Mankiller, the first woman elected principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, can now be seen on U.S. quarters ...
Barbie is honoring Wilma Mankiller, the first woman to serve as principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, with a new doll this November, which is also National Native American Heritage Month.
A new Barbie doll is ruffling some feathers. The doll honoring Native American chief Wilma Mankiller drew sneers when it was rolled out with an embarrassing error on ...
The first quarters featuring Wilma Mankiller went into circulation Monday in Tahlequah, the Cherokee Nation capital city where she was born and where she served as her nation’s first female ...
[imgbelt img=mankillerwilma530.jpg]Leader of the Cherokee Nation for a decade, Wilma Mankiller set a new standard and a challenge for all Native American women. The first woman to lead the Cherokee ...
The new Barbie was designed with input from Wilma Mankiller’s Estate and representatives of the Cherokee Nation. Credit: Mattel Barbie has announced its newest release for its Inspiring Women ...
WASHINGTON — Prominent Native American and women's rights activist Wilma Mankiller is being honored with her own Barbie. The doll is the latest addition in Mattel's "Barbie Inspiring Women ...