of hattieat the grave hooker williams. she was anglo-american in 1875 family and nt selma was educated in a boys school in sellma. her father realized her and put ual abilities her into a school for boys, at which the teacher said this was in the class nt for a girl. in 1898 and in 910 she began to be involved with the selma suffrage movement. it was the first suffrage movement in the state of alabama. she soon joined the alabama equal suffrage association and member there. in 1920 women were allowed the right to vote, and in 1922, she elected to the alabama legislature. she was basically ostracized by the fine young ladies of selma ecause they thought it was absolutely scandalous for a woman to be involved in politics. they considered that to be dirty and for men. she served one term. she proposed bills for education, nd for and when she came back to selma women'sined involved in voters issues. she's buried right here between son that died and her husband, and the folklore is hat she was buried standing up because her hus