African-American Women’s Clubs in the Suffrage Era
The Texas Association of Women’s Clubs Founded: In 1905 as the Texas Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs. In 1906, they affiliated with the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs, [...]
Hortense Ward, Lobbyist for Women’s Rights
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 [...]
Meet San Antonio’s Famous Suffrage Hotel
The Place: The St. Anthony Location: 300 E Travis St / San Antonio, TX / 78205. View a Google Map. Noted As: The hotel is noted as the site of the first meeting of the Texas League of Women [...]
The Powerful Pen of Pauline Periwinkle
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 [...]
Q&A With Grace Chimene, Texas League of Women Voters
The Texas League of Women Voters (TLWV) is a nonpartisan, membership-driven political organization that seeks to empower citizens to form better communities worldwide. The League originated in [...]
Margie Neal, Queen of Firsts
Image from the Legislative Reference Library of Texas Margie Elizabeth Neal Born: 1875 near Carthage, TX Died: 1971 Noted For: Margie Neal is noted as a suffragist who was the first woman elected [...]
Nonie B. Mahoney: “No Chance to Fail”
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 [...]
Jane Y. McCallum: A Lifetime of Firsts for Women’s History
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 [...]
“No Petticoat Rule”: The Texas Association Opposed to Equal Suffrage
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 [...]
Sophia Alice Callahan: Native American Suffragist
Public domain image. Sophia Alice Callahan Born: 1868 in Sulphur Springs, TX Died: 1894 in Muskogee, Oklahoma Noted For: Sophia Callahan is noted as the author of “Wynema, A Child of the Forest” [...]