Sandy Ingraham was inducted into the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame in 1996 for her advocacy work and achievements.
11 Facts About Sandy Ingraham
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Sandy Ingraham's family moved around frequently due to her father's career in the Air force.
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Sandy Ingraham began her high school education in California, spent a brief time in upstate New York, and finally graduated from high school in Tripoli, Libya.
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On her journey back to California, Sandy Ingraham stopped for a time in Oklahoma where her mother was born and ended up staying permanently.
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Sandy Ingraham spent around seven years earning two undergraduate degrees in English Literature and Philosophy at Central State College.
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Sandy Ingraham later spent two years earning a master's degree in Social Work from the University of Oklahoma.
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Some key issues Sandy Ingraham championed while working at the capitol include the Good Faith Donor Bill.
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Sandy Ingraham worked on a bill that allowed non-profit organizations to be able to rent HUD foreclosed homes for a dollar a year provided they house homeless people in them.
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When Sandy Ingraham stopped lobbying full-time, she returned to the University of Oklahoma to earn her Juris Doctor.
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Sandy Ingraham was on the initial Board of the Oklahoma Women's Foundation.
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Three years later in 1996, Sandy Ingraham was inducted into the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame.