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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” (1891), thought to be the first novel written by a Native American woman....
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Mary Eleanor Brackenridge Born: 1837 in Indiana Died: 1924 (interred near Edna, TX) Noted For: Businesswoman and philanthropist Eleanor Brackenridge is noted as the founding president of the Woman’s Club of San Antonio, the first woman’s club in Texas to promote...
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Edith Wilmans. Image from the Texas State Historical Association. Edith Therrel Wilmans Born: 1882 in Lake Providence, LA Died: 1966 in Dallas Noted For: Edith Wilmans is noted as a suffrage leader who was also the first woman elected to the Texas State Legislature....
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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 1919 when formed as the re-organization of the Texas Equal Suffrage...
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Activist and journalist Jovita Idár wrote for La Crónica and other publications. Image from UTSA Special Collections. Like other non-white minorities, Mexican-American women in Texas were denied formal participation in the state suffrage movement. But this...
