Image from the Texas House of Representatives. Born: 1931 (Kingsville) Died: 2003 (Austin) Noted For: Irma Rangel was an educator and lawyer noted as the first Mexican American woman elected to [...]
Born: 1881 (Black River Falls, Wisconsin) Died: 1968 (Houston, TX) Noted For: Helen Edmunds Moore is remembered as one of the first women to serve in the Texas House of Representatives and [...]
Barbara Jordan was a trailblazing legislator, gifted orator, and legendary stateswoman. Image from the U.S. News & World Report Collection at the Library of Congress. Barbara Charline Jordan [...]
Image from Penn State University Libraries Born: 1949 (New Orleans) Died: 2008 (Houston) Noted For: Anne Legendre Armstrong was a diplomat and politician who was the first woman to deliver a [...]
Image from the Texas Women’s Hall of Fame Born: 1938 (in Canutillo, TX) Noted For: Alicia Rosencrans Chacón is noted as the first Mexican-American woman to be elected to the El Paso City Council [...]
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, [...]
Image from the W.D. Hornaday Collection, Prints and Photographs Collection, Texas State Library & Archives Commission. Hortense Sparks Ward Born: 1872 in Matagorda County, TX Died: 1944 in [...]
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 [...]
Image from the Carol C. Taylor Research Archives *Sara Isadore Sutherland Callaway Miner (pen name Pauline Periwinkle) Born: 1863 in Battle Creek, Michigan Died: 1916 in Dallas Noted For: Pauline [...]
The Texas League of Women Voters (TLWV) is a nonpartisan, membership-driven political organization that seeks to empower citizens to form better communities worldwide. The League originated in [...]