by Kristyn Senters | Sep 9, 2020 | Economic Security, News
Via: Dallas Business Journal By: Taylor Tompkins The average Texas woman may not be who you think she is. The Texas Women’s Foundation, in conjunction with research for Every Texan, set out to define who the average Texas woman is and get a picture of her financial...
by Kristyn Senters | Sep 4, 2020 | Count Her In
Image from the Legislative Reference Library Born: 1926 (in Corpus Christi) Noted For: Frances “Sissy” Tarlton Farenthold is noted as a former Texas legislator, a two-time candidate for Texas governor, a vice-presidential nominee, and the first chair of the National...
by Kristyn Senters | Sep 4, 2020 | Count Her In
Image from the League of Women Voters Education Fund website VOTE411 Sponsored by the League of Women Voters Education Fund, VOTE411 is “committed to ensuring voters have the information they need to successfully participate in every election. Whether it’s...
by Kristyn Senters | Sep 4, 2020 | Count Her In
Minnie Fisher Cunningham, a leader in the Texas suffrage movement, campaigning for the U.S. Senate in 1927. Image from the Austin Public Library. “How Texas Women Delivered the 19th Amendment” From the Texas Observer “An upcoming documentary and book mark the suffrage...
by Kristyn Senters | Sep 4, 2020 | Count Her In
Image from Wikipedia Born/Died: 1900 and 1993 (Nacogdoches, TX) Noted For: Lera Millard Thomas is noted as the first woman to represent Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives. Early in her legislative career, U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson was frequently obliged...
