If you fish in your pocket or purse for a U.S. quarter today, there’s a chance you’ll see Wilma Mankiller’s face ... I tore through her autobiography, “Mankiller: A Chief and Her People.” In her book ...

If you fish in your pocket or purse for a U.S. quarter today, there’s a chance you’ll see Wilma Mankiller ... “Mankiller: A ...

These powerful girl names carry significant meanings, and allow your little one to share a name with a strong and inspiring woman in U.S. history.

In 1992, Wilma Mankiller gave the commencement address at Flagstaff’s Northern Arizona University. Several years earlier, Mankiller had become the first female principal chief of the Cherokee ...

Wilma Cotten's book,“Is the Swing High or Low?,” delves into the moving story of her daughter's battle with bipolar disorder and subsequent substance abuse as a form of self-medication.

Patty Murray, D-Wash., and eventually open his own political consulting firm. Wilma Mankiller, the first woman to be elected principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, is among Sixkiller’s heroes.

Wilma Mankiller served in the top leadership role of the Cherokee Nation from 1985 to 1995. Peter Turnley/Corbis Historical via Getty Images ...