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Rebecca Henry Hayes (1843-1924), co-founder of Texas Equal Rights Association (TERA).. Titus H. Mundine, an early leader in the Republican Party from Burleson County, brought up a proposition to allow every eligible voter the right to vote, regardless of sex during the 1868-1869 Texas Constitutional Convention.
Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, 579 U.S. 582 (2016), was a landmark decision [1] of the US Supreme Court announced on June 27, 2016. The Court ruled 5–3 that Texas cannot place restrictions on the delivery of abortion services that create an undue burden for women seeking an abortion.
The Texas Federation of Colored Women's Clubs officially endorses women's suffrage efforts. [3] In Galveston, Texas, a Negro Women's Voter League is formed. [3] 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.
Through a series of essays that touch on everything from reproductive rights to pop culture, the activist and thinker searingly critiques mainstream feminism’s tendency to cater to a specific ...
Julie Johnson made Texas history on Election Day, becoming the first openly gay Texan to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Claiming 60.3% of the votes, Johnson will serve Texas ...
The 21st plank of the National Action Plan was titled "Reproductive Freedom." In this plank, the women of the National Women's Conference stated their full support of women's reproductive freedom and encouraged all levels of government to comply with the Supreme Court's decisions to guarantee it, such as Roe v. Wade. The plank also included the ...
Texas recorded 14 deaths in this period while New York had 11 in a period where 63 deaths from illegal abortions were reported nationwide. In 1972, Texas had eight illegal abortion deaths. In 1973, it had five. In 1974, the state recorded one illegal abortion death. [123] In 1990, 2,041,000 women in Texas faced the risk of unintended pregnancy ...
The timeline of women's legal rights (other than voting) represents formal changes and reforms regarding women's rights. The changes include actual law reforms, as well as other formal changes (e.g., reforms through new interpretations of laws by precedents ).