Women of all colors have shaped families, communities, institutions, and societies throughout history, but only in recent decades have their contributions been widely recognized, described, and celebrated. This book presents the first comprehensive history of black Texas women, a previously neglected group whose 150 years of continued struggle and ...
Brave black women have played important roles in American history. Before the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, black women bore the bonds of slavery with courage and strength. Since Emancipation, black women have supported schools, churches, and civic organizations, entered many professions, and helped to build strong communities. This book ...
Women of all colors have shaped families, communities, institutions, and societies throughout history, but only in recent decades have their contributions been widely recognized, described, and celebrated. This book presents the first comprehensive history of black Texas women, a previously neglected group whose 150 years of continued struggle and ...
Since the early 1700s, women of Spanish/Mexican origin or descent have played a central, if often unacknowledged, role in Texas history. Tejanas have been community builders, political and religious leaders, founders of organizations, committed trade unionists, innovative educators, astute businesswomen, experienced professionals, and highly ...
Along with barrooms and bordellos, there has hardly been a more male-focused institution in Texas history than the Texas Legislature. Yet the eighty-six women who have served there have made a mark on the institution through the legislation they have passed, much of which addresses their concerns as citizens who have been inadequately represented ...
As enigmatic and contradictory as far West Texas has always been, it is nevertheless surprising to learn that in 1925 its desert germinated a slender but vibrant shoot of the Harlem Renaissance. Isolated on the U.S.-Mexico border, far from any metropolitan African-American community or literary influences, Bernice Love Wiggins, a perceptive young ...
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Texas Women's University
Date Published: 1984
Description: Very Good in No d j jacket. 4to. 318pp. indexing over 20, 000 items in the biographical & topical files of the exhibit "Texas Women: A Celebration of History, " housed at the TWU library. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Texas Foundation for Women's Resources (Austin, TX)
Date Published: 1980
Description: Very good. No dust jacket. essentially like new with very minor scuffing to exterior, else appears unused. So0ftcover, beige card wrappers, deep red deco element front, plain spine, 27 cm; 349 pages. read more
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