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Texas through women's eyes : the twentieth-century experience /

McArthur and Smith trace the history of Texas women through four eras. They discuss how women entered the public sphere to work for social reforms and the right to vote during the Progressive era (1900-1920); how they continued working for reform and social justice and for greater opportunities in e...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McArthur, Judith N.
Other Authors: Smith, Harold L.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2010.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; bk. 24.
Subjects:
Women > Texas > History > 20th century > Sources.
Women > Texas > Social conditions > 20th century > Sources.
Women's rights > Texas > History > 20th century > Sources.
Women > Political activity > Texas > History > 20th century > Sources.
Texas > Social conditions > 20th century > Sources.
Texas > Politics and government > 20th century > Sources.
Political culture > Texas > History > 20th century > Sources.
Political culture.
Politics and government.
Social conditions.
Women.
Women > Political activity.
Women > Social conditions.
Women's rights.
Texas.
1900-1999
History.
Sources.
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Social reform and suffrage in the progressive era, 1900-1920
  • pt. 2. Post-suffrage politics, Depression, and war, 1920-1945
  • pt. 3. Conformity, civil rights, and social protest, 1945-1965
  • pt. 4. Feminism, backlash, and political culture, 1965-2000.