September 20, 2007

The gravesite of Hattie Caraway was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway was the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate, the first to preside over a session of the Senate, the first to chair a committee, and the first to preside over a Senate hearing. The gravesite was placed on the National Register under Criterion B for national significance and Criterion C for being the grave of a historical figure of outstanding importance.