
On June 28, 1919, Texas was the ninth state in the United States, and the first in the South, to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. The federal amendment became law in August of 1920.
From June 2019- August 2020 marks the centennial of the series of events that lead to this milestone in women’s history.
Join TSHA in commemorating the importance of the many generations of Texas women who fought for the right to vote leading up to and following the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment.
Read the newly revised Handbook of Texas article on “WOMAN SUFFRAGE.”
Visit the Texas Women’s History Dedication Page and Leave a Message on the Virtual Dedication Wall in honor or memory of someone important to you and/or a historic Texas woman who inspires you.
Download the free eBook, Texas Women and the Vote, which includes dozens of entries on Texas women whose stories intertwine with the history of Texas women’s voting and election history from the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Read more about almost two centuries of Texas women’s voting and election history that lead up to and followed the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment as part of a long voting rights movement using the selected links below. Check back for updates and new additions over the next 14 months.
OVERVIEW ENTRIES
- CIVIL RIGHTS
- ELECTION LAWS
- LAW
- PROGRESSIVE ERA
- WHITE PRIMARY
- WOMAN SUFFRAGE
- WOMEN AND EDUCATION
- WOMEN AND HEALTH
- WOMEN AND POLITICS
- WOMEN AND THE LAW
ORGANIZATIONS
AND ASSOCIATIONS
- ALL-WOMAN SUPREME COURT
- AMERICAN G.I. FORUM WOMEN’S AUXILIARY
- CONFERENCIA DE MUJERES POR LA RAZA
- DAUGHTERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS
- DEMOCRATIC PROGRESSIVE VOTERS LEAGUE
- FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN’S RESOURCES
- HISPANIC WOMEN’S NETWORK OF TEXAS
- JOINT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
- LADIES LULAC
- LAS HERMANAS
- LAS MUJERES
- LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS
- LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF TEXAS
- LIGA FEMENIL MEXICANISTA
- MARIANISTS
- MEXICAN AMERICAN BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION
- MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND
- MEXICAN AMERICAN REPUBLICANS OF TEXAS
- MEXICAN AMERICAN YOUTH ORGANIZATION
- MINUTE WOMEN OF THE U.S.A.
- MUJERES POR LA RAZA
- NATIONAL WOMAN’S PARTY
- NATIONAL WOMEN’S CONFERENCE, 1977
- RAZA UNIDA PARTY
- SOCIEDADES MUTUALISTAS
- SOUTHWEST VOTER REGISTRATION EDUCATION PROJECT
- TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN’S CLUBS
- TEXAS ASSOCIATION OPPOSED TO WOMAN SUFFRAGE
- TEXAS DEMOCRATIC WOMEN
- TEXAS EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT
- TEXAS EQUAL RIGHTS ASSOCIATION
- TEXAS EQUAL SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION
- TEXAS FEDERATION OF WOMEN’S CLUBS
- TEXAS PRESS WOMEN
- TEXAS STATE INDUSTRIAL UNION COUNCIL
- TEXAS WOMEN’S POLITICAL CAUCUS
- THE WOMAN’S VIEWPOINT
- UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY
- WOMAN’S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION
- WOMAN’S CLUB OF SAN ANTONIO
BIOGRAPHIES
- ABERNATHY, MOLLIE D. WYLIE
- ACHESON, SARAH C.
- ACOSTA, MARIA ANGELA SOCORRO GRIJALVA [LUCY]
- ADAIR, CHRISTIA V. DANIELS
- ALLEN, RUTH ALICE
- AMES, JESSIE HARRIET DANIEL
- BALLINGER, BETTY EVE
- BEAUCHAMP, JENNY BLAND
- BLANTON, ANNIE WEBB
- BORDEN, GAIL, JR.
- BRACKENRIDGE, MARY ELEANOR
- BROWN, REBECCA ASHTON [BETTIE]
- BURCHILL, KATE BELLE MURRAY
- CALLAWAY, SARA ISADORE SUTHERLAND
- CALLEJO, ADELFA BOTELLO
- CAMACHO, LORRAINE CASTRO
- CANALES, LAURA
- CÁRDENAS, MARÍA GUEVARA
- CARROLL, EDNA CISNEROS
- COVINGTON, JENNIE BELLE MURPHY
- CRAFT, JUANITA JEWEL SHANKS
- CREIGHTON, PAULINE LYNCH EVANS
- CRUZ AZUL MEXICANA
- CUNNINGHAM, MINNIE FISHER
- CURTIS, DORIS S. MALKIN
- CURTIS, NANNIE AUSTIN
- DABBS, ELLEN LAWSON
- DAFFAN, KATIE LITTY
- DANFORTH, GRACE
- DARDEN, IDA MERCEDES MUSE
- DOOM, NELL GERTRUDE HORNE
- DUNNE, AMY CRESSWELL BELL
- ELLIS, ALEXANDER CASWELL
- ELLIS, MARY HEARD
- FENWICK, MARIN B.
- FINNIGAN, ANNETTE
- FLANAGAN, MINNIE A.
- FLEMING, ARIZONA
- FLORES DE ANDRADE
- FOLSOM, MARIANA THOMPSON
- FRY, ELIZABETH AUSTIN TURNER
- GARCÍA, CLOTILDE PÉREZ
- GARCIA, EVA CARRILLO DE
- GAY, BETTIE MUNN
- GEARING, MARY EDNA
- GOLDSMITH, EVA
- GRAHAM, BETTE CLAIR MCMURRAY
- GRAHAM, CHARLOTTE SMITH
- GRISWOLD, FLORENCE THEODORA TERRY SHAW BRUNDAGE
- GUERRA, FERMINA
- GUERRERO, MARIA ELENA [LENA]
- GUNTER, ALMA PENNELL
- GUNTER, LILLIAN
- HAYES, HENRY REBECCA
- HEGGINS, ELSIE FAYE
- HENENBERG, HATTIE L.
- HERNANDEZ, MARIA L. DE
- HOBBY, OVETA CULP
- HORACE, LILLIAN B.
- HOUSTON, ELIZABETH HART GOOD [BETTIE]
- HOWELL, HORTENSE BROOKS
- HUANTES, MARGARITA ELECTRA RIVAS
- HUGHES, SARAH TILGHMAN
- HUNTER, MARY KATE
- IDAR, JOVITA
- IDESON, JULIA BEDFORD
- JOHNSON, ELIZA SOPHIA ROBERTSON
- JORDAN, BARBARA CHARLINE
- KELLER, MARTHA ELLEN LOCKHART
- KIRKLAND, LENA ELITHE HAMILTON
- LAURENZO, MARÍA NINFA RODRÍGUEZ
- LEAGUE, EDITH HINKLE
- LUCAS, BARBARA INEZ BARNES [TAD]
- MACHUCA, ESTHER NIETO
- MAHONEY, NONA BOREN
- MCANULTY, MARY ALICE MCFADIN
- MCCALLUM, JANE LEGETTE YELVINGTON
- MENDEZ, CONSUELO HERRERA
- MENEZES, SARAH ELEANOR CORY
- MOHL, AURELIA HADLEY
- MONTEMAYOR, ALICE DICKERSON
- MOORE, HELEN EDMUNDS
- MUNGUIA, CAROLINA MALPICA
- MÚZQUIZ, VIRGINIA AGUIRRE
- NATION, CARRY AMELIA MOORE
- NAYLOR, BETTIE JO STEELE
- NEAL, MARGIE ELIZABETH
- NEWELL, PERLE POTTER PENFIELD
- NEY, ELIZABET
- NIXON, DRUSILLA ELIZABETH TANDY
- O’CONNOR, MACONDA BROWN
- OROZCO, AURORA ESTRADA
- PENNYBACKER, ANNA J. HARDWICKE
- POTTER, ELIZABETH HERNDON [BESSIE, BESS]
- RAGGIO, LOUISE HILMA BALLERSTEDT
- RAMIREZ, SARA ESTELA
- RANDOLPH, FRANKIE CARTER
- RANGEL, IRMA LERMA
- REED, JULIA SCOTT
- REYNA, MARIA TORRES
- RING, ELIZABETH L. FITZSIMMONS
- ROPER, MARY WITHERS
- SAGER, MANUELA SOLÍS
- SCHEUBER, JENNIE SCOTT
- SHEPARD, BEULAH ANN
- SIMON, MARGARET MUÑOZ
- SPELL, JANE MADDEN
- STERLING, FLORENCE M.
- STODDARD, HELEN M. GERRELLS
- STRIBLING, ELEANOR ALEXANDER
- TENAYUCA, EMMA BEATRICE
- TOBOLOWSKY, HERMINE DALKOWITZ
- TRACY, ELIZABETH STRONG
- TRUMBULL, SARAH LUCINDA HENDERSON
- VENTO, ADELA SLOSS
- VILLANUEVA, MARÍA ANDREA CASTANON
- WARD, HORTENSE SPARKS
- WASHINGTON, LEONA FORD
- WATSON, MARGARET L.
- WATTS, LALA FAY
- WELLS, PAULINE JOSEFINE KLEIBER
- SPEARS, NELDA ANN WELLS
- TUNSTALL, MARTHA GOODWIN
- WHITE, HATTIE MAE WHITING
- WHITE, LULU BELLE MADISON
- WILLIAMS, MAUDE EVANGELINE CRAIG SAMPSON
- WILMANS, EDITH EUNICE THERREL
- WOLFE, CLARA M. SNELL
- ZAVALA, ADINA EMILIA DE