Helen Freudenberger Holmes

Helen Freudenberger Holmes (December 16, 1915 – March 22, 1997) was an American journalist, historian, teacher, politician, and Women's Army Corps officer.

[4] She graduated from Oklahoma A&M in 1936 with a bachelor's degree in English[5] and wrote for the college newspaper, The Daily Collegian.

[6] In 1940 she became the first woman to earn a master's degree in Agriculture Journalism from the University of Wisconsin.

[5] After a diagnosis of tuberculosis, she returned stateside and was among the first group of patients to be treated with penicillin.

[5][6] She died March 22, 1997, and was buried at Pleasant Valley Lutheran Cemetery near Coyle.