Image from the Legislative Reference Library of Texas Margie Elizabeth Neal Born: 1875 near Carthage, TX Died: 1971 Noted For: Margie Neal is noted as a suffragist who was the first woman elected [...]
From The Standard Sentinel in Oklahoma: “Five Thousand Women to Bring One Man Around”. Nonie Mahoney’s enormous petition drive garnered media attention in Texas and beyond. Nonie Boren [...]
Jane Yelvington McCallum Born: 1877 in LaVernia, TX Died: 1957 (interred in Austin, TX) Noted For: Among many other “firsts”, suffragist writer and leader Jane McCallum is the longest-serving [...]
This handout from the national suffrage opposition organization, which warned women might place government under “petticoat rule” if they won the right to vote, was widely used by state [...]
Public domain image. Sophia Alice Callahan Born: 1868 in Sulphur Springs, TX Died: 1894 in Muskogee, Oklahoma Noted For: Sophia Callahan is noted as the author of “Wynema, A Child of the Forest” [...]
Mary Eleanor Brackenridge Born: 1837 in Indiana Died: 1924 (interred near Edna, TX) Noted For: Businesswoman and philanthropist Eleanor Brackenridge is noted as the founding president of the [...]
Edith Wilmans. Image from the Texas State Historical Association. Edith Therrel Wilmans Born: 1882 in Lake Providence, LA Died: 1966 in Dallas Noted For: Edith Wilmans is noted as a suffrage [...]
Activist and journalist Jovita Idár wrote for La Crónica and other publications. Image from UTSA Special Collections. Like other non-white minorities, Mexican-American women in Texas [...]
Q&A with Carlos Martinez, Database Outreach Manager On the left: Creating voter registration opportunities has helped AACT increase voter turnout in the deep South Texas. The Advocacy [...]
Dr. Ellen Lawson Dabbs. Image from the From the Texas State Historical Association. Dr. Mary Ellen Lawson Dabbs Born: 1853 in Rusk County Died: 1908 Noted for: Ellen Lawson Dabbs is noted as one [...]