by txwfwomensfdev | Jun 27, 2019 | Count Her In
How was the Texas campaign for votes for women reported in the news media of the era? On the left: The Woman Citizen, a women’s rights weekly that existed from 1870 to 1931, was an influential periodical dedicated to reporting the suffrage movement. Image from...
by txwfwomensfdev | Jun 27, 2019 | Count Her In
On the left: A call for men’s support of women’s suffrage from the Texas Equal Suffrage Association. Image from the Austin History Center. Were Texas men in favor of votes for women? Many were—and in fact they had to be in order for women to gain their right to vote,...
by txwfwomensfdev | Jun 27, 2019 | Count Her In
Christia Adair in front of a mural about her life. Image from the Schlesinger Library at Harvard University, via the Texas State Historical Association. Christia V. Daniels Adair Born: 1893 in Victoria, TX Died: 1989 Noted For: Christia Adair is an African-American...
by txwfwomensfdev | Jun 27, 2019 | Count Her In
The Texas Association of Women’s Clubs Founded: In 1905 as the Texas Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs. In 1906, they affiliated with the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs, and in 1956 the organization converted into the Texas Association of...
by txwfwomensfdev | Jun 27, 2019 | Count Her In
Travis County women register to vote. Image from the W.D. Hornaday Collection, Prints and Photographs Collection, Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. The moment: July 27, 1918 The place: Polling locations across...
