Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Women's suffrage efforts in Texas began in 1868 at the first Texas Constitutional Convention. In both Constitutional Conventions and subsequent legislative sessions, efforts to provide women the right to vote were introduced, only to be defeated. Early Texas suffragists such as Martha Goodwin Tunstall and Mariana Thompson Folsom worked with ...
Louise Dietrich. A. Louise Dietrich. A. Louise Dietrich (November 17, 1878 - January 22, 1962) was an American nurse, activist and suffragist who was based in El Paso, Texas. Dietrich came to El Paso in 1902 and stayed to help with the typhoid fever epidemic. In El Paso, she started the first nurses' registry in Texas and also created the El ...
The Texas Federation of Colored Women's Clubs officially endorses women's suffrage efforts. In Galveston, Texas, a Negro Women's Voter League is formed. January 13 A bill by Jess A. Baker to create a constitutional amendment for women's suffrage gets a majority of votes, but fails to get the necessary two-thirds vote to pass.
United States. Occupation. Librarian. Employer. El Paso Public Library. Known for. Bringing birth control and Planned Parenthood to El Paso, Texas. Betty Mary Goetting ( née Smith 1897-1980) was an American librarian, civic leader [1] and women's rights activist. She is known for bringing Planned Parenthood to El Paso, Texas.
History of Woman Suffrage is a book that was produced by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage and Ida Husted Harper. Published in six volumes from 1881 to 1922, it is a history of the women's suffrage movement, primarily in the United States. Its more than 5700 pages are the major source for primary documentation about ...
Press Women of Texas (PWT) is an association of Texas women journalists which was founded in 1893. PWT is an affiliate of the National Federation of Press Women (NFPW). PWT was involved in more than just supporting women in journalism; the organization advocated many causes, including education, preservation of library and archive materials and supporting scholarships.
T. Texas Equal Rights Association. Texas Equal Suffrage Association. Timeline of women's suffrage in Texas. Categories: Feminism in Texas. History of women in Texas. Women's suffrage in the United States by state or territory. Political history of Texas.
The Texas Association of Women's Clubs ( TAWC) is an umbrella organization of African American women's clubs in Texas. It was first organized as the Texas Federation of Colored Women's Clubs in 1905. The purpose of the group was to allow clubs to work together to improve the social and moral life of people in Texas. [1]