by Keisha | Jul 7, 2020 | Count Her In
Born: 1881 (Black River Falls, Wisconsin) Died: 1968 (Houston, TX) Noted For: Helen Edmunds Moore is remembered as one of the first women to serve in the Texas House of Representatives and president of the Texas League of Women Voters. “I decided to run for the...
by Keisha | Jul 7, 2020 | Count Her In
Barbara Jordan was a trailblazing legislator, gifted orator, and legendary stateswoman. Image from the U.S. News & World Report Collection at the Library of Congress. Barbara Charline Jordan Born: 1936 (Houston) Died: 1996 (Austin) Noted For: Barbara Jordan was a...
by Keisha | Jul 7, 2020 | Count Her In
Image from Penn State University Libraries Born: 1949 (New Orleans) Died: 2008 (Houston) Noted For: Anne Legendre Armstrong was a diplomat and politician who was the first woman to deliver a keynote address at the Republican National Convention. Like many of the women...
by Keisha | Jul 7, 2020 | Count Her In
Image from the Texas Women’s Hall of Fame Born: 1938 (in Canutillo, TX) Noted For: Alicia Rosencrans Chacón is noted as the first Mexican-American woman to be elected to the El Paso City Council and the first Hispanic member of the Ysleta Independent School Board, as...
