From the Austin American-Statesman: “More women than men were left standing after the war and pandemic in 1918. (Image from the Library of Congress via the New York Times) As Texas women [...]
Image from the San Antonio Express Lila Cockrell was the first woman mayor of San Antonio. At the time of her first election, she was also the only woman in the U.S. to serve as mayor of a major [...]
MOVE (“Mobilize, Organize, Vote, Empower”) Texas is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, grassroots organization working to increase access in underrepresented youth communities through civic education, [...]
Image from Twitter (City of San Antonio) Born: 1922 (Fort Worth) Died: 2019 (San Antonio) Noted For: Lila Banks Cockrell was noted as the first woman to serve as mayor of San Antonio, Texas. In [...]
Image from “The Chicana Conference of 1971: Turning Visions into Action” In the 1970s, one of the most influential grassroots political movements was La Raza Unida, a Hispanic political party [...]
Image from The Dallas Morning News Archives Born: 1917 (Dallas) Died: 2004 (Dallas) Noted For: Julia Scott Reed is noted as the first African-American journalist to work at The Dallas Morning [...]
Hermine Tobolowsky (right). Image from The Southwest Collection Archive within the Special Collections Library at Texas Tech. Born: 1921 (San Antonio) Died: 1995 Noted For: Hermine Dalkowitz [...]
Born: 1929 (Chicago) Noted For: Wilhelmina Ruth Delco is a politician and educator noted as the first African-American elected official in Travis County and a 20-year member of the Texas State [...]