IGNITE in Texas

IGNITE in Texas

Image from the IGNITE-Texas website IGNITE is a California-based non-profit, non-partisan organization that inspires and trains young women to become political leaders, working primarily through K-12 and college curriculum programs, scholarships, conferences, and...
The Texas Women’s Political Caucus

The Texas Women’s Political Caucus

Activist and librarian Martha P. Cotera is one of the co-founders of the Texas Women’s Political Caucus. Image from Wikipedia. In 1971, more than 200 women gathered in Austin to form the Texas Women’s Political Caucus, a state-level extension of the National Women’s...
Places of Suffrage: The Texas Chambers

Places of Suffrage: The Texas Chambers

Pictured: The Senate Chamber. Image from the Bullock Museum The Texas Senate The Texas Senate Chamber is located on the second floor of the east wing of the Texas State Capitol. Noteworthy features include “sunset red” granite steps leading into the chamber,...
MALDEF and the Voting Rights Act

MALDEF and the Voting Rights Act

Image from the MALDEF resource page MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) is a Latino legal civil rights organization dedicated to defending the “rights of all Latinos living in the United States and the constitutional rights of all Americans.”...