elmore leonard, the great mystery writer, also the great western writer who came from oklahoma, he wasd of his oklahoma roots. lived in oklahoma city briefly but one of his novels was serialized in "the new york times," and it was set partially in the luxurious mayo hotel in tulsa. well, when the first illustrations came out for elmore to look at, the illustrations said the mayo motel, and it wasn't depicted in all of its grandeur. so he said, no, this is a luxurious hotel, you need to show it for what it is and all that's grand about it. oklahoma has had its struggles with women's rights. women couldn't serve on juries in oklahoma until 1952. but women have learned to work around that in many ways. one woman who came from new york to oklahoma was helen churchill and helen was trying to get divorced in new york and that wasn't working. her husband was very powerful there. so she came to oklahoma territory to establish residence and to actually get a divorce. now, while she was here she wrote the first novel that at least people think this is first novel that was written about oklahoma