About This Stamp
With this third issuance in the Distinguished Americans series, the U.S. Postal Service honors Hattie Wyatt Caraway (1878–1950), the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate.
Artist Mark Summers — well-known for his scratchboard technique — created this portrait for the stamp using as reference a black-and-white photograph of Senator Caraway taken on October 21, 1943.
Mark Summers also created the stamp art for the first two issuances in the Distinguished Americans series — Joseph W. Stilwell (2000) and Claude Pepper (2000).
Art Director
Richard Sheaff
Stamp Artist
Mark Summers
First Day of Issue Ceremony
First Day of Issue Date: February 21, 2001
First Day of Issue Location: Little Rock, AR