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Citizens At Last: The Woman Suffrage Movement in Texas
In 1920, with ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution, women all across America became citizens at last, victorious in a campaign of 70 years duration. Women in Texas took part in the struggle for 27 years. Humanities Texas offers resources for humanities programs about winning the right to vote and the meaning of that right.
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Exhibit
Created by the Woman’s Collection of Texas Woman’s University Library to honor the 75th anniversary of ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, the exhibit focuses on the campaign for votes in Texas. It uses archival photographs, newspaper clippings, cartoons, cards, and texts detailing the struggle in Texas. Captions are from the landmark history Citizens at Last, courtesy of Ellen C. Temple, Publisher.
Panel topics include:
- National beginnings with Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- Texas beginnings
- Early Texas leaders
- Revival of the movement
- Efforts of Eleanor Brackenridge
- Anti-Suffrage sentiments
- Public Crusaders, 1910-20
- Primary Suffrage in Texas
- Efforts to amend the Texas Constitution
- Texas ratifies the 19th Amendment
Exhibit format
Freestanding only, in 12 panels (6 double-sided units). Images and texts are framed in oak behind plexiglas. Panels measure 25” wide x 36” high and attach to wooden poles to stand 68” high.
Shipping weight (2 fiber cases): 155 lbs.
Floor space required: 12’ x 5’
Supplemental materials
- Citizens at Last: The Woman Suffrage Movement in Texas. 1 copy free with exhibit.
Optional materials (available on request)
- VHS videos
- One Woman, One Vote
- Texas Women: A Celebration of History
- “Women as Citizens: Vital Voices Through the Century,” Millennium Evenings at the White House
Photograph: "Baylor Women Stand Ready for Franchise" by The Campus Camera, April 30, 1915. The Texas Collection, Baylor University, Waco, Texas.