 |
Jane Yelvington McCallum of Austin Courtesy Austin History Center, Austin Public Library The two most influential leaders from 1915 on were Minnie Fisher Cunningham of Galveston, protégé of Finnigan, and Jane Yelvington McCallum, of Austin. "McCallum's special forte was lobbying the state legislature.The fact that she had four [sic] children helped counter the contention of many legislative opponents that all suffragists were 'childless, short-haired communists'." --Judie W. Gammage, Quest for Equality: An Historical Overview of Women's Rights Activism in Texas, 1890-1975 |