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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. [14] Waco Equal Franchise Society. [15] Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), Texas chapter, endorses women's suffrage in 1888. [1]
Pages in category "Women's political advocacy groups in the United States" The following 67 pages are in this category, out of 67 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In 1908 and 1912, speaking tours by Anna Howard Shaw helped further renew interest in women's suffrage in Texas. TESA grew in size and suffragists organized more public events, including Suffrage Day at the Texas State Fair. By 1915, more and more women in Texas were supporting women's suffrage.
Press Women of Texas (PWT) is an association of Texas women journalists which was founded in 1893. PWT is an affiliate of the National Federation of Press Women (NFPW). PWT was involved in more than just supporting women in journalism; the organization advocated many causes, including education, preservation of library and archive materials and supporting scholarships.
The belief that women would vote as a block, a widespread fear during the suffrage movement, was proven wrong with the development of the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform. There were also many women who joined auxiliary groups to fight alongside their husbands or other male relations against the Eighteenth Amendment.
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The 19th reports that while men once made up the majority of those dying in the U.S.-Mexico border desert, increasingly, those dying are women. Under increasing pressure to migrate, more women are ...