Citizens At LastThe Woman Suffrage Movement In Texasa humanities exhibit organized byTexas Woman's UniversityThe Woman's Collection |
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Baylor Women Stand Ready for FranchiseCourtesy of The Texas Collection, Baylor University, Waco, Texas Texas was the first state in the South to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment, followed by Arkansas, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Winning the vote was a great victory for American women, and the Nineteenth Amendment is probably the most significant landmark in their history. This exhibit is based on the book Citizens at Last: The Woman Suffrage Movement in Texas. Essay by A. Elizabeth Taylor with Photographs and Documents. Consulting Editors Ruthe Winegarten and Judith N. McArthur. Published by Ellen C. Temple, Inc., Lufkin, Texas, 1987. This exhibit celebrates the 75th anniversary of Women's Suffrage, August 26, 1995, and honors A. Elizabeth Taylor for her landmark study on the Woman Suffrage Movement in Texas. It is made possible by friends of A. Elizabeth Taylor and the Friends of the Texas Woman's University Library and the Woman's Collection. It is circulated for public humanities programs by Texas Council for the Humanities Resource Center Exhibit Made Possible by Texas Woman's University Project Coordinator, Dawn Letson Research and design, Kim Grover-Haskin Consulting Historian, Judith N. McArthur Project assistants, Mary Caldera, Nancy Durr Construction, Photographic Archives, Dallas Special thanks to: Louis J. Marchiafava, Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library John Anderson, Texas State Library Evelyn Barker, Dallas Historical Society Gaylon Polatti, Dallas Historical Society Diane Bruce, Institute of Texan Cultures, San Antonio Mickey Dudley, Texas Woman's University Library Flavia Gandolfo, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin Holly Hervey, Denton County Historical Museum Willie Lee Gay, Houston Lillie Gilligan & Lucy Weber, Governor's Commission for Women Rebecca Huffstutler, The Witte Museum, San Antonio Glenda Kallman, The Woman's Collection, Texas Woman's University Library Biruta Celmins Kearl, Austin History Center, Austin Public Library Kent Keeth & Ellen Brown, The Texas Collection, Baylor University Andy and Becky Reisberg, Photographic Archives, Dallas Nancy Sherber, Kansas State Historical Association Kate Adams, The Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin Ralph Elder, The Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin John H. Slate, The Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin Smithsonian Institution Elizabeth Snapp, Director of Libraries, Texas Woman's University Dr. Harry Snapp, Historian John Wilkins, Kurth Memorial Library, Lufkin Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Carol Roarke, Texas/Dallas Collection, Dallas Public Library |