by txwfwomensfdev | Jun 27, 2019 | Count Her In
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 Mahoney Born: 1868 in Tyler, TX Died: 1926 in Forney, TX Noted For: Nonie...
by txwfwomensfdev | Jun 27, 2019 | Count Her In
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 affiliates. Public domain image. In November 1913, a group of...
by txwfwomensfdev | Jun 27, 2019 | Count Her In
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” (1891), thought to be the first novel written by a Native American woman....
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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 Woman’s Club of San Antonio, the first woman’s club in Texas to promote...
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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 leader who was also the first woman elected to the Texas State Legislature....
by txwfwomensfdev | Jun 27, 2019 | Count Her In
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 1919 when formed as the re-organization of the Texas Equal Suffrage...
