Carolyn T. Foreman
Carolyn T. Foreman | |
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| Born | Carolyn Thomas 1872 |
| Died | February 23, 1967 (aged 94–95) |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Carolyn Thomas |
| Occupation(s) | Historian; writer |
| Years active | 1905–1967 |
| Known for | Books and articles (primarily about Oklahoma) |
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Carolyn T. Foreman, was a noted Oklahoma historian. Born in Illinois, she moved to the city of Muskogee (then in Indian Territory) with her widowed father, John R. Thomas, a former congressman for Illinois in the 1880s, and politician, and who served as a federal judge after Oklahoma became a state in 1907. After marrying Grant Foreman in 1905, a lawyer and partner of her father, she became fascinated with the history of Oklahoma. After her father's murder in 1914, she and Grant closed the legal partnership and spent full time on historical research and writing. Grant died in 1953, but despite her own declining health, Foreman continued her historical work until her own death in 1967.