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Minnie Fisher Cunningham, a leader in the Texas suffrage movement, campaigning for the U.S. Senate in 1927. Image from the Austin Public Library. “How Texas Women Delivered the 19th Amendment” From the Texas Observer “An upcoming documentary and book mark the suffrage...
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Image from Wikipedia Born/Died: 1900 and 1993 (Nacogdoches, TX) Noted For: Lera Millard Thomas is noted as the first woman to represent Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives. Early in her legislative career, U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson was frequently obliged...
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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...
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Image from Facebook Headquartered in Washington, D.C., Voto Latino is a grassroots political organization that focuses on “educating and empowering a new generation of Latinx voters, as well as creating a more robust and inclusive democracy. Through innovative digital...
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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...
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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,...
