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Citizens at last the woman suffrage movement in Texas
Title
Citizens at last [electronic resource] : the woman suffrage movement in Texas / edited by Ruthe Winegarten and Judith N. McArthur ; foreword by Anne Firor Scott ; foreword to the Texas A&M University Press edition by Nancy Baker Jones ; introduction and essay by A. Elizabeth Taylor.
ISBN
9781623493684
1623493684
9781623493653 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Edition
Texas A&M University Press edition.
Published
College Station, TX : Texas A&M University Press, 2015. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource (pages cm)
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Originally published: Austin, Tex. : Ellen C. Temple, 1987.
Description based on print version record.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Variant and related titles
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Project MUSE – UPCC 2015 Complete Supplement.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 19, 2017
Series
Ellen C. Temple classics in the Women in Texas history series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Essays
Introduction: a lifelong interest / A. Elizabeth Taylor
The woman suffrage movement in Texas / A. Elizabeth Taylor
A note on the author
Documents
Seneca Falls "Declaration of sentiments"
The Texas Reconstruction Convention considers woman suffrage (1868-1869): Declaration of T. H. Mundine; Committee report for woman suffrage; Committee minority report against woman suffrage; Remarks of Hon. L. D. Evans on the resolution of Mr. Mundine
The American Woman Suffrage Association petitions the Texas legislature (1872): Memorial from Lucy Stone
The Texas Redeemer Convention considers woman suffrage (1875): Mr. Weaver's resolution; Mr. Russell's resolution; Debate; Mrs. Hiatt's report
"Idiots, lunatics, paupers, and felons" (1875): Article 6, 1875 Constitution
"The ballot an educator" (1881): by Jenny Beauchamp
Mariana Folsom organizes for suffrage in Texas (1880s): Lucy Stone to Mariana Folsom; "The ballot" by Mariana Folsom
The WCTU endorses votes for women (1888): "Woman is thinking!" by Grace Danforth
"If I were mayor of San Antonio (1893): "The female suffragists, a chat with four Texas leaders of the movement
The Texas Equal Rights Association (1893): Minutes of the first session
Local suffrage societies make the news (1893-1894): Belton; Denison; Granger; Dallas
Texas suffragists propose an organizational plan (1894): Texas plan of work
Southern ladies and gentlemen (1894): "The women suffragists... waving the bloody shirt"
Texas Woman's Congress meets in Dallas (1893-1894): "Want power at once" by Margaret Watson
"Equal suffrage means purer laws" (1894): "Women should vote" by Miss Sue Greenleaf
Representative Tomkins proposes a state constitutional amendment (1895): House Joint Resolution no. 29
Annette Finnigan begins the second phase of the Texas struggle (1903-1905): "Copy of letter to Texas woman" by Finnigan
Suffragists testify at a legislative hearing (1907): The Woman's Tribune
The Austin Woman Suffrage Association (1908-1915): Minutes
Eleanor Brackenridge revives the Texas Woman Suffrage Association (1913): Eleanor Brackenridge to Mrs. Cone Johnson
Annette Finnigan polls the legislative candidates (1914): Letters to and from candidates for the legislature
Minnie Fisher Cunningham takes charge (1925): "Program of the Fifth Convention of the Texas Woman Suffrage Association"
Houston Chronicle and Herald endorses suffrage (1917)
Men support the cause (1914-1919): "Some phases of woman suffrage" by S. P. Brooks; "Why men need equal suffrage for women" by A. Caswell Ellis
Texas suffragists send a message to President Wilson (1917): Call to the Seventh Convention of the Texas Equal Suffrage Association; "Equal suffrage meet closes"
Minnie Fisher Cunningham reports on state suffrage activities and war work (1917)
Lobbying for the vote (1917): Directions for lobbyists
Suffragists help impeach Governor Ferguson (1917): Minnie Fisher Cunningham to Carrie Chapman Catt
The Primary Election Bill passes (1918): Minnie Fisher Cunningham to Carrie Chapman Catt
Suffragists sign up (1918): "Un manifiesto de la Sra. Rena Maverick Green a las mujeres del condado"
Women register and vote for first time in Texas (1918): "Texas woman voters," The woman citizen; "To the women of Texas," by Hortense Ward; Vote for Annie Webb Blanton
Efforts to pass the federal amendment continue (1918): Minnie Fisher Cunningham to Jewel Scarborough
Anti-suffragists rally opposition (1916-1918): "Not for woman's suffrage"; "Women don't want suffrage"
Texans vote on a state constitutional amendment (1919): "Outline of campaign for carrying the suffrage amendment; "Many factors contributed to the apparent defeat of suffrage"; Election results
Texas legislature ratifies the Nineteenth Amendment (1919): Minnie Fisher Cunningham to Carrie Chapman Catt
Texas Suffrage Ratification Proclamation (1920)
Jane Y. McCallum's account of the movement: Diary; Activities of women in Texas politics, I
Epilogue: "Citizens at last": Activities of women in Texas politics, II
Bibliographies
Suffrage bibliography / by Ruthe Winegarten
Texas women in politics and public affairs / by Judith N. McArthur .
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