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TESA focused most of their efforts on securing the passage of the federal amendment for women's right to vote. [4] The organization also became the state chapter of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). [1] After women earned the right to vote, TESA reformed as the Texas League of Women Voters. [5]
Darden and Wells spread the idea that women's suffrage was a "socialist plot that would undermine white supremacy." [89] TAOWS received assistance from the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage (NAOWS). [49] TAOWS worked against the women's suffrage initiatives in Texas, passing out literature and testifying against women's vote. [49]
The League of Women Voters (LWV) is a nonpartisan American nonprofit political organization.Founded in 1920, its ongoing major activities include registering voters, providing voter information, boosting voter turnout and advocating for voting rights.
Beto O’Rourke has campaigned hard against Gov. Greg Abbott on college campuses, but early voting doesn’t show results. [Opinion]
Martinez, who voted for former Vice President Joe Biden in the presidential race, is among more than 1.2 million voters who’ve already cast ballots in Harris County, which includes Houston, as ...
Potential young voters get information at a voter registration desk at Voter Fest 2024, an event designed to engage young voters and historically underserved communities on October 22, 2024 at Cal ...
Deirdre Macnab (1955–), women's rights and voting rights activist. She is former president of the League of Women Voters of Florida (LWVFL). Jane Y. McCallum (1877–1957), women's suffrage and Prohibition activist and longest-serving Secretary of State of Texas. [12]
The Texas Federation of Colored Women's Clubs officially endorses women's suffrage efforts. [3] In Galveston, Texas, a Negro Women's Voter League is formed. [3] January 13 A bill by Jess A. Baker to create a constitutional amendment for women's suffrage gets a majority of votes, but fails to get the necessary two-thirds vote to pass.