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By 1915, more and more women in Texas were supporting women's suffrage. The Texas Federation of Women's Clubs officially supported women's suffrage in 1915. Also that year, anti-suffrage opponents started to speak out against women's suffrage and in 1916, organized the Texas Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage (TAOWS).
The Texas Woman Suffrage Association had three objectives: 1) support the national agenda as defined by NAWSA, 2) lobby for a state suffrage amendment, and 3) assist local groups in promoting the cause of women’s suffrage. Texas suffragists, like those in other southern states, were conflicted between fighting for an amendment to the state ...
Negro Women's Voter League (Galveston), formed in 1917. [1] Smith County Equal Franchise League (Tyler). [13] Texas Equal Rights Association (TERA) formed in 1893. [1] Texas Federation of Colored Women's Clubs endorses suffrage in 1917. [1] Texas Woman Suffrage Association, which later becomes the Texas Equal Suffrage Association (TESA) in 1916 ...
It recognizes the anniversary of the Women's Armed Services Integration Act, signed in 1948, allowing women to serve as regular members of the military. In 2017, the State of Texas designated June ...
Welcome to Women’s History Month. USA Today showcases 60 women each year as Women of the Year.The women selected may be unknown to many of us. They are women from across the country who ...
Furthermore, women were gaining more power in Texas politics throughout the decade; the state's first female governor, Miriam A. Ferguson, was scheduled to be inaugurated later in the month, and it was seven years both since Texas women had gained suffrage and since the first woman, Annie Webb Blanton, was elected to statewide office.
Since women were first elected to the Texas Legislature in the 38th Session, women have comprised on average 8.5% of the Texas Legislature, with a low of 0.5% in 1923 and 1927 (excluding 1925 and 1937 when no women were elected to either chamber) and a high of 26.1% in 2021. Since the 38th Session, 8.7% of the House's 150 members have been ...
We should see more women running for office and winning. Texas women are active politically. They vote. In the 2020 presidential election, 6.3 million Texas women voted, compared with 5.6 million men.