Capitol women : Texas female legislators, 1923-1999 / Nancy Baker Jones and Ruthe Winegarten.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2000.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiv, 328 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 029274062X
  • 9780292740624
  • 0292740638
  • 9780292740631
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Capitol women.DDC classification:
  • 328.764/0082 21
LOC classification:
  • F391.3 .J66 2000
Online resources:
Contents:
Political Context. Women in Red. Entering the "Men's Room": Women inside the Texas Legislature. Texas Women as Politicians: A Historical Overview. How the Texas Legislature Works -- Biographies. 1920s-1930s. Edith Eunice Therrel Wilmans. Mary Elizabeth (Margie) Neal. Laura Burleson Negley. Helen Edmunds Moore. Frances Mitchell Rountree. Cora Gray Strong. Sarah Tilghman Hughes. 1940s-1950s. Margaret Greer Harris Gordon (Amsler). Esther Neveille Higgs Colson. Rae Mandette Files (Still). Florence Fenley. Mary Elizabeth Suiter. Marian Isabel (Maribelle) Hamblen Stewart (Mills Reich). Persis Jones Henderson. Dorothy Gillis Gurley (Cauthorn). Virginia Elizabeth Duff. Anita Blair. Maud Isaacks. 1960s-1970s.
Review: "Capitol Women, brings together for the first time the stories of Texas's women legislators. Through biographies, photographs, and interviews, this book captures their lives, campaign strategies, and legislative struggles and successes."--Jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-309) and index.

Political Context. Women in Red. Entering the "Men's Room": Women inside the Texas Legislature. Texas Women as Politicians: A Historical Overview. How the Texas Legislature Works -- Biographies. 1920s-1930s. Edith Eunice Therrel Wilmans. Mary Elizabeth (Margie) Neal. Laura Burleson Negley. Helen Edmunds Moore. Frances Mitchell Rountree. Cora Gray Strong. Sarah Tilghman Hughes. 1940s-1950s. Margaret Greer Harris Gordon (Amsler). Esther Neveille Higgs Colson. Rae Mandette Files (Still). Florence Fenley. Mary Elizabeth Suiter. Marian Isabel (Maribelle) Hamblen Stewart (Mills Reich). Persis Jones Henderson. Dorothy Gillis Gurley (Cauthorn). Virginia Elizabeth Duff. Anita Blair. Maud Isaacks. 1960s-1970s.

"Capitol Women, brings together for the first time the stories of Texas's women legislators. Through biographies, photographs, and interviews, this book captures their lives, campaign strategies, and legislative struggles and successes."--Jacket.

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