J.C. Watts: “there have been two special women throughout my life, my deceased mother, Helen Watts, and my gracious wife, Frankie…”

“there have been two special women throughout my life, my deceased mother, Helen Watts, and my gracious wife, Frankie Watts, and, of course, my four wonderful daughters. During this month of March, dedicated as National Women's Month, tonight I would like to pay tribute to two very special women from the great State of Oklahoma that have influenced my political life, Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher and Helen Cole. Madam Speaker, Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher was born in Chickasha, OK, to parents only one generation removed from slavery. She received her bachelor's degree from Langston University and then in 1946, applied to the all-white University of Oklahoma law school. Because Oklahoma had no separate law school for blacks, she contended, the State's official policy of separate but equal education was illusory. Her simple request for an equal education sparked controversy across the country. Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher was a strong woman who endured many trying times and eventually triumphed.”