Sandy Ingraham is a current social policy consultant and attorney at Ingraham & Associates law firm in

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. Ingraham is a former lobbyist at the Oklahoma State Capitol for Neighborhood Services Organization and has worked on programs such a
SoonerStart
and writes the annual data book
Kids Count
'. She was inducted into the

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in 1996 for her advocacy work and achievements.

Early life

Sandy Ingraham was born in Northern California in 1947. Her family moved around frequently due to her father's career in the

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. Ingraham began her high school education in California, spent a brief time in upstate New York, and finally graduated from high school in

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. On her journey back to California, Ingraham stopped for a time in Oklahoma where her mother was born and ended up staying permanently. She spent around seven years earning two undergraduate degrees in English Literature and Philosophy at Central State College (now University of Central Oklahoma). During her undergraduate years, Ingraham sided strongly with the

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and protested openly with other students. She later spent two years earning a master's degree in Social Work from the

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. In her mid forties, Ingraham returned to the University of Oklahoma to earn her

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Career

After earning her master's degree in Social Work, Ingraham began her professional career as a lobbyist at the Oklahoma State Capitol for Neighborhood Services Organization. Some of the key issues Ingraham championed while working at the capitol include th
Good Faith Donor Bill
She also worked on a bill that allowed non-profit organizations to be able to rent

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foreclosed homes for a dollar a year provided they house homeless people in them. When Ingraham stopped lobbying full-time, she returned to the

to earn her

. She currently practices law as an attorney at Ingraham & Associates PLLC and also serves as a social policy consultant. Ingraham was on the initial Board of the Oklahoma Women's Foundation. In 1993, she was named Child Advocate of the Decade. Three years later in 1996, Ingraham was inducted into the

References

External links

Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame Oral History Project -- OSU LibraryCommunities Foundation of Oklahoma: Advisory Board of GovernorsOklahoma's Adoption Invalidation Law in Lawsuit
* ttp://archive.newsok.com/olive/apa/oklahoman/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=DOK%2F1977%2F07%2F12&id=Ar02805&sk=C717E7F0 "OASES Head Nominated" - ''The Oklahoman'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Ingraham, Sandy 1947 births Living people University of Central Oklahoma alumni University of Oklahoma alumni American social workers American women lawyers Date of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women