Maggie Culver Fry

Maggie Culver Fry (1900–1998) was the tenth poet laureate of Oklahoma, appointed in 1977 by Governor David L.

[2] Fry, née Culver, was born in 1900 at Vian, Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma.

[3] Fry's maternal grandfather, George Deerskin Waters, traveled to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears and was a member of the Cherokee Senate.

[4] Fry lacked a high school education but nevertheless published three books of poetry, along with fiction and magazine articles.

[3][1] In 1995 Fry was named poet laureate emeritus when her health forced her to stop writing and in 2015 she was inducted into the Claremore Hall of Fame.