Quest for Equality: An Historical Overview of Women's Rights Activism in Texas, 1890-1975

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This study presents a chronological examination of women's rights activism. The first three chapters cover the origin, growth, and success of the Texas woman suffrage movement. Chapter Four examines the issues of interest to Texas women after the right to vote was achieved, including birth control, better working conditions, unionization, jury duty, and married women's property rights. The last chapters explore the origins, growth, and success of the movement to secure an Equal Legal Rights Amendment to the state constitution, and its immediate aftermath. Sources include manuscript collections, interviews, newspaper and magazine accounts, and government documents.

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Gammage, Judie Walton August 1982.

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This study presents a chronological examination of women's rights activism. The first three chapters cover the origin, growth, and success of the Texas woman suffrage movement. Chapter Four examines the issues of interest to Texas women after the right to vote was achieved, including birth control, better working conditions, unionization, jury duty, and married women's property rights. The last chapters explore the origins, growth, and success of the movement to secure an Equal Legal Rights Amendment to the state constitution, and its immediate aftermath. Sources include manuscript collections, interviews, newspaper and magazine accounts, and government documents.

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Gammage, Judie Walton. Quest for Equality: An Historical Overview of Women's Rights Activism in Texas, 1890-1975, dissertation, August 1982; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331239/: accessed July 19, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .

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