by txwfwomensfdev | Jun 27, 2019 | Count Her In
Image from the W.D. Hornaday Collection, Prints and Photographs Collection, Texas State Library & Archives Commission. Hortense Sparks Ward Born: 1872 in Matagorda County, TX Died: 1944 in Houston, TX Noted For: Hortense Ward is noted as one of the first women...
by txwfwomensfdev | Jun 27, 2019 | Count Her In
Image from the Carol C. Taylor Research Archives *Sara Isadore Sutherland Callaway Miner (pen name Pauline Periwinkle) Born: 1863 in Battle Creek, Michigan Died: 1916 in Dallas Noted For: Pauline Periwinkle is noted for her pro-suffrage column appearing in the Dallas...
by txwfwomensfdev | Jun 27, 2019 | Count Her In
Jane Yelvington McCallum Born: 1877 in LaVernia, TX Died: 1957 (interred in Austin, TX) Noted For: Among many other “firsts”, suffragist writer and leader Jane McCallum is the longest-serving Secretary of State of Texas (1927-1933). Before the advent of TV and social...
by txwfwomensfdev | Jun 27, 2019 | Count Her In
From The Standard Sentinel in Oklahoma: “Five Thousand Women to Bring One Man Around”. Nonie Mahoney’s enormous petition drive garnered media attention in Texas and beyond. Nonie Boren Mahoney Born: 1868 in Tyler, TX Died: 1926 in Forney, TX Noted For: Nonie...
by txwfwomensfdev | Jun 27, 2019 | Count Her In
This handout from the national suffrage opposition organization, which warned women might place government under “petticoat rule” if they won the right to vote, was widely used by state affiliates. Public domain image. In November 1913, a group of...
