by txwfwomensfdev | Jun 27, 2019 | Count Her In
El Paso, circa 1910. Image from the Southern Methodist University DeGolyer Library, Real Photographic Postcards of Texas Collection. Since its formation in 1914, the El Paso branch of the NAACP has played an important role in the voting and civil rights...
by txwfwomensfdev | Jun 27, 2019 | Count Her In
A Guide to Digital Tours of Suffrage Artifacts Contemporary votes-and-women artifacts: Social media images from the Texas League of Women Voters and IGNITE In the pre-amendment era, suffragists used flyers and posters (often called broadsides), campaign...
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The Place: The St. Anthony Location: 300 E Travis St / San Antonio, TX / 78205. View a Google Map. Noted As: The hotel is noted as the site of the first meeting of the Texas League of Women Voters, as well as being one of the most modern and glamorous hotels of the...
by txwfwomensfdev | Jun 27, 2019 | Count Her In
Image from Flashback Dallas. The Dallas Canteen (officially known as The Recreational Canteen) Organized In: 1918 by the Dallas Federation of Women’s Clubs Noted For: Recreation and hospitality service for servicemen passing through Dallas The U.S. formally entered...
by txwfwomensfdev | Jun 27, 2019 | Count Her In
Jessie Daniel Ames. From the Austin History Center. Jessie Daniel Ames Born: 1883 in Palestine, TX Died: 1972 in Austin, TX Noted For: Jessie Ames was the founding president of the Texas League of Women Voters, as well as one of the first white women in the South to...
