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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. Women continued to fight for the right to vote in the state. In 1918, women gained the right to vote in Texas primary elections.
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 ...
Martha P. Cotera. Martha P. Cotera (born January 17, 1938) is a librarian, writer, and influential activist of both the Chicano Civil Rights Movement and the Chicana Feminist movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Her two most notable works are Diosa y Hembra: The History and Heritage of Chicanas in the U.S. and The Chicana Feminist.
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.
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 Online Biographical Dictionary of the Woman Suffrage Movement in the United States is a free-access resource of approximately 3,700 biographies of people associated with the campaign for a woman's right to vote in public elections in the United States. Published by the journal Women and Social Movements, hosted by Alexander Street, and ...
Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt. Disappearance of Kelly Dae Wilson. Woman's Club of Beaumont Clubhouse. Woman's Club of El Paso. Woman's Club of San Antonio. Woman's Commonwealth. Women on Trial. The Women's Museum.
Darr (114 Tex. 516), involved a so-called "secret trust" under which the Woodmen of the World were claiming ownership of two tracts of land in the city. The high court was asked to review the decision made by the El Paso Court of Civil Appeals in the case. The case involved a lien on two tracts of land owned by the Woodmen in El Paso. A group ...