Norma Smallwood
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Norma Descygne Smallwood (May 25, 1909–May 8, 1966) was 1926's Miss America.
Smallwood, whose full name was Norma Des Cygne Smallwood, a native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, former Miss Tulsa and student at Oklahoma State University, was the first Native American (Cherokee) to win the crown.[1]
She was the daughter of Edward Smallwood and Mahalia Angela (Robinette) Smallwood.
She was married twice. Her first marriage, to Thomas Gilcrease (September 3, 1928–October 3, 1933) produced a daughter, Des Cygne Lamour Gilcrease, who was born on June 12, 1929, in Tulsa, but the marriage also ended in divorce on May 2, 1934. Her second husband was George H. Bruce, president of Aladdin Petroleum Corporation.
She died on May 8, 1966, in Wichita, Kansas.
[edit] References
- ^ Miss America History 1926. Retrieved on 2006-12-23.
| Preceded by Fay Lanphier |
Miss America 1926 |
Succeeded by Lois Delander |
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