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Capitol Women : Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999 / Ruthe Winegarten, Nancy Baker Jones.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2014]Copyright date: 2000Description: 1 online resource (344 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780292773202
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 328.764/0082 21
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- THE 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 -- THE 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 -- THE 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 -- THE 1960s-1970s -- MYRA DAVIS WILKINSON BANFIELD (DIPPEL) -- SUE BLAIR HAIRGROVE (MUZZY) -- BARBARA CHARLINE JORDAN -- FRANCES TARLTON (SISSY ) FARENTHOLD -- KATHRYN A. (KAY) BAILEY (HUTCHISON) -- SARAH RAGLE WEDDINGTON -- DOROTHY J. CHRISMAN (CHRIS) MILLER -- EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON -- ELIZABETH (BETTY) RICHARDS ANDUJAR -- SENFRONIA PAIGE THOMPSON -- SUSAN GURLEY MCBEE -- WILHELMINA RUTH FITZGERALD DELCO -- LOU NELLE CALLAHAN SUTTON -- MARY JANE GOODPASTURE BODE -- LANELL COFER -- ERNESTINE VIOLA GLOSSBRENNER -- ANITA DORCAS CARRAWAY HILL -- BETTY DENTON -- IRMA RANGEL -- MARY J. MCCRACKEN POLK -- THE 1980s-1990s -- DEBRA DANBURG -- JAN MCKENNA -- PATRICIA ELLEN PORCELLA HILL -- PHYLLIS ROBINSON -- GWYN CLARKSTON SHEA -- NANCY HANKS MCDONALD -- MARGARET ANNE BECKER COOPER -- MARÍA ELENA (LENA) GUERRERO -- CYNDI TAYLOR KRIER -- JUDITH LEE PAPPAS ZAFFIRINI -- ANNA RENSHAW MOWERY -- ELIZABETH ANN (LIBBY) ANDREWS LINEBARGER -- KARYNE JONES CONLEY -- MARY CAROLYN BEDGOOD PARK -- SUE ANN SMITH SCHECHTER -- MARGARET ANN (PEGGY) MULRY ROSSON -- YOLANDA NAVARRO FLORES -- SUSAN COMBS -- SYLVIA ROMO -- BARBARA RUSLING -- SNAPSHOTS -- APPENDICES -- A. The Honorable Women of the Texas Legislature -- B. Statistical Summaries -- C. Number of Female Members of the Texas Legislature by Legislative Session, January 1923-January 1999 -- D. Female Members of the Texas Legislature by Legislative Session, January 1923-January 1999 -- E. Composition of the 76th Legislature (January 1999-January 2001) -- F. Time Line -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- PHOTO CREDITS -- INDEX
Summary: Along with bar rooms 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 by male lawmakers. This first complete record of the women of the Texas Legislature places such well-known figures as Kay Bailey Hutchison, Sissy Farenthold, Barbara Jordan, Irma Rangel, Eddie Bernice Johnson, Susan Combs, and Judith Zaffirini in the context of their times and among the women and men with whom they served. Drawing on years of primary research and interviews, Nancy Baker Jones and Ruthe Winegarten offer concise biographies and profiles of all eighty-six women who have served or currently hold office in the Texas Legislature. The biographies describe the women lawmakers' lives, campaign strategies, and legislative successes and defeats. Four introductory essays provide historical and cultural context for the biographies, which are arranged chronologically to give a sense of the passage of time, of relationships among and between women, and of the issues of their eras.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- THE 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 -- THE 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 -- THE 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 -- THE 1960s-1970s -- MYRA DAVIS WILKINSON BANFIELD (DIPPEL) -- SUE BLAIR HAIRGROVE (MUZZY) -- BARBARA CHARLINE JORDAN -- FRANCES TARLTON (SISSY ) FARENTHOLD -- KATHRYN A. (KAY) BAILEY (HUTCHISON) -- SARAH RAGLE WEDDINGTON -- DOROTHY J. CHRISMAN (CHRIS) MILLER -- EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON -- ELIZABETH (BETTY) RICHARDS ANDUJAR -- SENFRONIA PAIGE THOMPSON -- SUSAN GURLEY MCBEE -- WILHELMINA RUTH FITZGERALD DELCO -- LOU NELLE CALLAHAN SUTTON -- MARY JANE GOODPASTURE BODE -- LANELL COFER -- ERNESTINE VIOLA GLOSSBRENNER -- ANITA DORCAS CARRAWAY HILL -- BETTY DENTON -- IRMA RANGEL -- MARY J. MCCRACKEN POLK -- THE 1980s-1990s -- DEBRA DANBURG -- JAN MCKENNA -- PATRICIA ELLEN PORCELLA HILL -- PHYLLIS ROBINSON -- GWYN CLARKSTON SHEA -- NANCY HANKS MCDONALD -- MARGARET ANNE BECKER COOPER -- MARÍA ELENA (LENA) GUERRERO -- CYNDI TAYLOR KRIER -- JUDITH LEE PAPPAS ZAFFIRINI -- ANNA RENSHAW MOWERY -- ELIZABETH ANN (LIBBY) ANDREWS LINEBARGER -- KARYNE JONES CONLEY -- MARY CAROLYN BEDGOOD PARK -- SUE ANN SMITH SCHECHTER -- MARGARET ANN (PEGGY) MULRY ROSSON -- YOLANDA NAVARRO FLORES -- SUSAN COMBS -- SYLVIA ROMO -- BARBARA RUSLING -- SNAPSHOTS -- APPENDICES -- A. The Honorable Women of the Texas Legislature -- B. Statistical Summaries -- C. Number of Female Members of the Texas Legislature by Legislative Session, January 1923-January 1999 -- D. Female Members of the Texas Legislature by Legislative Session, January 1923-January 1999 -- E. Composition of the 76th Legislature (January 1999-January 2001) -- F. Time Line -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- PHOTO CREDITS -- INDEX

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Along with bar rooms 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 by male lawmakers. This first complete record of the women of the Texas Legislature places such well-known figures as Kay Bailey Hutchison, Sissy Farenthold, Barbara Jordan, Irma Rangel, Eddie Bernice Johnson, Susan Combs, and Judith Zaffirini in the context of their times and among the women and men with whom they served. Drawing on years of primary research and interviews, Nancy Baker Jones and Ruthe Winegarten offer concise biographies and profiles of all eighty-six women who have served or currently hold office in the Texas Legislature. The biographies describe the women lawmakers' lives, campaign strategies, and legislative successes and defeats. Four introductory essays provide historical and cultural context for the biographies, which are arranged chronologically to give a sense of the passage of time, of relationships among and between women, and of the issues of their eras.

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In English.

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