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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
