The Ola Babcock Miller Building, formerly known as the Iowa Historical Memorial and Arts Building, was renamed by the Iowa Legislature with support of the Iowa Commission on the Status of Women to honor Ola Babcock Miller in 1999. Ola, born on March 1, 1871 as Viola Babcock, was elected as Iowa’s first female Secretary of State in 1932 and has been known as “The Mother of the Iowa Highway Patrol” for her role in creating Iowa’s state road patrol. The building, located near Iowa State Capitol at East Grand Avenue and East 12th Street, is the home of the State Library of Iowa.