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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 ...
Virginia Bulkley Whitehill (July 9, 1928 – September 15, 2018) [1] was an American civil rights activist and women's rights advocate from Dallas, Texas, best known for her work in support of securing the legal right of women to control their reproduction. Whitehill was present at the U.S. Supreme Court during the Roe v.
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.
Officers of the Dallas Equal Suffrage League (1918) The Dallas Equal Suffrage Association (DESA) was an organization formed in Dallas, Texas in 1913 to support the cause of women's suffrage in Texas. DESA was different from many other suffrage organizations in the United States in that it adopted a campaign which matched the social expectations ...
XI. Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson, 595 U.S. ___ (2021), was a United States Supreme Court case brought by Texas abortion providers and abortion rights advocates that challenged the constitutionality of the Texas Heartbeat Act, a law that outlaws abortions after six weeks. [1] The Texas Heartbeat Act prohibits state officials from enforcing ...
Here's the history and meaning behind Women's history month colors: purple, green, white and gold. ... in 1978 to support the Equal Rights amendment, 200,000 women dressed in white marched on ...
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 ...
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.