Rosana Chouteau
Rosana Chouteau was the first woman to be elected chief of the Osage Beaver Band, a clan of the Native American Osage Nation in Oklahoma, in 1875, following the death of her uncle. A year after her election, Choteau asserted, "I think my band obey me better than they would a man." In popular culture. She is featured (with her name incorrectly spelled as Rosa) in Judy Chicago's installation art piece "The" "Dinner Party".