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A. R. Roessler's Latest Map of the State of Texas, 1874. During the American Civil War, Texas had joined the Confederate States.The Confederacy was defeated, and U.S. Army soldiers arrived in Texas on June 19, 1865 to take possession of the state, restore order, and enforce the emancipation of slaves.
1849–1865 Civil War ... By the late 19th century, urban and rural governments had systems in place for welfare to the poor and incapacitated. ... Middle-class women ...
Toggle Late-19th century subsection. 4.1 ... (1861-1865). Texas, ... LULAC quickly developed into an influential middle-class civil rights organization with councils ...
Five women officers of the Women's League in Newport, Rhode Island, c. 1899. The club movement [1] is an American women's social movement that started in the mid-19th century and spread throughout the United States. [1] It established the idea that women had a moral duty and responsibility to transform public policy.
Much of Texas politics of the remainder of the 19th century centered on land use. Guided by the federal Morill Act, Texas sold public lands to gain funds to invest in higher education. In 1876, the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opened, and seven years later the University of Texas at Austin began conducting classes. [147]
By the end of the 19th century a few western states had granted women full voting rights, [76] though women had made significant legal victories, gaining rights in areas such as property and child custody. [77] Around 1912, the movement, which had grown sluggish, began to reawaken.
Map of Galveston in 1871 Galveston City Railway Company c 1894. At the end of the 19th century, Galveston was a booming metropolis with a population of 37,000. Its position on the natural harbor of Galveston Bay along the Gulf of Mexico made it the center of trade in Texas and one of the largest cotton ports in the nation, in competition with New Orleans. [22]
These women's work paved the way for the passing of the 19th amendment and freedoms for women for years to come. [2] [4] [20] Following Woodhull's, Anthony's, and Stanton's example, other women presented suffrage arguments in government, including Hannah Tracy Cutler and Margaret V. Longley presenting before the Kentucky legislature in 1872. [4 ...