| Bettye Hargis Fahrenkamp | |
| State Senate: | Alaska |
| District: | Fairbanks and the Interior |
| Term Start: | 1978 |
| Term End: | August 12, 1991 (her death) |
| Office2: | Chair of the Senate Resources Committee[1] |
| Term Start2: | 1989 |
| Term End2: | 1990 |
| Office3: | Chair of the Alaska Legislative Council[2] |
| Term Start3: | November 14, 1990 |
| Term End3: | August 12, 1991 |
| Birth Date: | 6 September 1923 |
| Birth Place: | Wilder, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Fairbanks, Alaska, U.S. |
| Mawards: | is not set --> |
| Allegiance: | United States |
| Branch: | Women's Army Corps |
| Awards: | is not set --> |
Bettye Fahrenkamp (September 6, 1923 - August 12, 1991) was an American educator and politician.
Born in Wilder, Fentress County, Tennessee, Fahrenkamp served in the Women's Army Corps during World War II. She received her bachelor's degree in education from the University of Tennessee. In 1956, Fahrenkamp moved to Fairbanks, Alaska Territory with her husband, "Gib" Fahrenkamp,[3] a contractor (and later fellow politician), where she taught music in the Fairbanks school district. Fahrenkamp retired from teaching in 1974. She was involved with the Democratic Party and served on the staff of United States Senator Mike Gravel of Alaska. Fahrenkamp served in the Alaska Senate from 1979 until her death in 1991. Fahrenkamp died from bone cancer at her home in Fairbanks, Alaska.[4] [5]
The Alaska Legislature passed a bill in 1992 to name room 203 in the Alaska State Capitol as the "Fahrenkamp Room" in her honor.[6]