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Many of the women involved in the formation of TERA were members of the Texas chapter of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). [15] TERA advocated for women's right to vote, but also supported other rights, such as a women's right to serve on juries. [14]
Travis County women register to vote in the Texas primary election in July 1918. This is a timeline of women's suffrage in Texas. Women's suffrage was brought up in Texas at the first state constitutional convention, which began in 1868. However, there was a lack of support for the proposal at the time to enfranchise women.
The Constitution of the State of Texas is the document that establishes the structure and function of the government of the U.S. state of Texas and enumerates the basic rights of the citizens of Texas. The current document was adopted on February 15, 1876, and is the seventh constitution in Texas history (including the Mexican constitution).
Lyndon B. Johnson taking the American presidential oath of office in 1963, after the assassination of John F. Kennedy. An oath of office is an oath or affirmation a person takes before assuming the duties of an office, usually a position in government or within a religious body, although such oaths are sometimes required of officers of other organizations.
Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics education written by Paul G. Summers, retired judge and state attorney general.. We finished our study of ...
The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday scrutinized efforts to clarify exceptions to the state's abortion ban, which a growing number of women say forced them to continue pregnancies despite serious ...
Since women were first elected to the Texas Legislature in the 38th Session, women have comprised on average 8.5% of the Texas Legislature, with a low of 0.5% in 1923 and 1927 (excluding 1925 and 1937 when no women were elected to either chamber) and a high of 26.1% in 2021. Since the 38th Session, 8.7% of the House's 150 members have been ...
Earlier this year, a member of Canada's national Parliament from New Brunswick introduced a bill to change the country's constitution to make the oath of allegiance to the monarch optional. The ...