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...
by txwfwomensfdev | Jun 27, 2019 | Count Her In
Image from the Harris County Democratic Party. The candidates are in a courtroom at Texas Southern University’s Thurgood Marshall School of Law. When Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment in 1920, it officially became illegal for...
by txwfwomensfdev | Jun 27, 2019 | Count Her In
From the Daughters Of the Republic of Texas Museum, Austin via the Dallas Morning News archives. Compared to the dizzying array of communication vehicles that exist today, suffragist leaders had a limited number of options available for spreading the word...
by txwfwomensfdev | Jun 27, 2019 | Count Her In
Fair Park is home to the State Fair of Texas, an annual event drawing as many as two million visitors each year. Image from VisitDallas. Fair Park Established: 1886 Size and Location: 277-acre cultural and recreational complex east of downtown Dallas Noted For:...
by txwfwomensfdev | Jun 27, 2019 | Count Her In
From the Texas State Library and Archives Commission Minnie Fisher Cunningham Born: 1882 in New Waverly, TX Died: 1964 in New Waverly, TX Noted For: A key player in Texas and national politics, Minnie Fisher Cunningham is noted as the first executive secretary...
by txwfwomensfdev | Jun 27, 2019 | Count Her In
Image from Heroes, Heroines and History. The battle to win votes for Texas women was waged on multiple fronts over decades, just as it was on the national stage. While there was undoubtedly a coterie of high-profile leaders who made noteworthy individual...
