by Keisha | Jul 7, 2020 | Count Her In
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 Born: 1936 (Houston) Died: 1996 (Austin) Noted For: Barbara Jordan was a...
by Keisha | Jul 7, 2020 | Count Her In
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 keynote address at the Republican National Convention. Like many of the women...
by Keisha | Jul 7, 2020 | Count Her In
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 and the first Hispanic member of the Ysleta Independent School Board, as...
by txwfwomensfdev | Jun 27, 2019 | Count Her In
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 Houston, TX Noted For: Hortense Ward is noted as one of the first women...
by txwfwomensfdev | Jun 27, 2019 | Count Her In
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 Periwinkle is noted for her pro-suffrage column appearing in the Dallas...
by txwfwomensfdev | Jun 27, 2019 | Count Her In
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 Secretary of State of Texas (1927-1933). Before the advent of TV and social...
