Ticasuk Brown

Emily Ticasuk Ivanoff Brown (1904–1982) was an Iñupiaq educator, author, and poet. She was named Woman of the Year by the National Federation of Press Women in 1974. She also received a Presidential Commission and was the first Native American to have a school named after her in Fairbanks, Alaska. In 2009, she was placed in the Alaska Women's Hall of Fame.