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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 (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.
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.
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.
Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022, in full) Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), [1] was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States generally protected a right to have an abortion.
Presidential suffrage for women in Kentucky is signed into law on March 29, 1920. In the early days of January 1920, National Woman's Party members Dora Lewis and Mabel Vernon travel to Kentucky to assure success, and on January 6, Kentucky became the 23rd state to ratify the 19th Amendment.
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.