Jones, Nancy Baker.

Capitol women : Texas female legislators, 1923-1999 / Nancy Baker Jones and Ruthe Winegarten. - 1st ed. - Austin : University of Texas Press, 2000. - xiv, 328 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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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Texas. Legislature --Biography.
Texas. Legislature.


Since 1865


Women legislators--Texas--Biography.
Politics and government
Women legislators.
Femmes parlementaires----Texas.


Texas--Biography.
Texas--Politics and government--1951-
Texas--Politics and government--1865-1950.
Texas.


Biography.
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Biographies.

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