Marie Bankhead Owen (1869-1958) was the first woman to direct a state agency in Alabama. She was an archivist and author who oversaw the Alabama Department of Archives and History from 1920 to 1955.
Marie Bankhead Owen
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Photo courtesy of the Alabama Department of Archives and History
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