Citizens at Last: The Woman Suffrage Movement in Texas (Ellen C. Temple Classics in the Women in Texas History Series, sponsored by the Ruthe Winegarten Memorial Foundation)

Ellen C. Temple (Editor), Ruthe Winegarten (Editor), Judith N. McArthur (Editor), Nancy Baker Jones (Foreword by), Anne Firor Scott (Foreword by)

$29.94

Publication Date: November 25th, 2015

Publisher:

Texas A&M University Press

ISBN:

9781623493653

Pages:

256

Description

“There is so much to be learned from the documents collected here. . . . Where better than in this record to find the inspiration to achieve another high point of women’s political history?”—from the foreword by Anne Firor Scott

Citizens at Last is an essential resource for anyone interested in the history of the suffrage movement in Texas. Richly illustrated and featuring over thirty primary documents, it reveals what it took to win the vote.

About the Author

RUTHE WINEGARTEN was an Austin historian and the author of numerous books, including Black Texas Women. JUDITH N. MCARTHUR is the coauthor of Texas through Women's Eyes: The Twentieth-Century Experience.

Praise for Citizens at Last: The Woman Suffrage Movement in Texas (Ellen C. Temple Classics in the Women in Texas History Series, sponsored by the Ruthe Winegarten Memorial Foundation)

"Citizens At Last makes a powerful stand for the rights on women and should be on the desk of anyone interested in politics and history." —
The Mexia News, February 2016
— The Mexia News