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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, and in 1956 the organization converted into the Texas Association of...
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Travis County women register to vote. Image from the W.D. Hornaday Collection, Prints and Photographs Collection, Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. The moment: July 27, 1918 The place: Polling locations across...
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Image from the Harris County Democratic Party. The candidates are in a courtroom at Texas Southern University’s Thurgood Marshall School of Law. When Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment in 1920, it officially became illegal for...
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From the Daughters Of the Republic of Texas Museum, Austin via the Dallas Morning News archives. Compared to the dizzying array of communication vehicles that exist today, suffragist leaders had a limited number of options available for spreading the word...
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Fair Park is home to the State Fair of Texas, an annual event drawing as many as two million visitors each year. Image from VisitDallas. Fair Park Established: 1886 Size and Location: 277-acre cultural and recreational complex east of downtown Dallas Noted For:...