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-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-syscon-tx@;lists.tsl.state.tx.us] On Behalf Of Wendy Clark Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 4:40 PM To: Syscon-Tx (E-mail) Subject: FW: Votes for Women! New on-line exhibit from the Texas State Library FYI -----Original Message----- From: Liz Clare Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 1:56 PM Subject: Votes for Women! New on-line exhibit from the Texas State Library The Texas State Library and Archives Commission is proud to announce the launching of "Votes for Women!," a digital exhibition using historical photographs and research collections contained in the state archives. The exhibit, located at http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/exhibits/suffrage <http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/exhibits/suffrage> , paints a colorful picture of the subjects and events that led to women winning the vote in Texas, from the first stirrings of a women's rights movement in the 1830s to the final winning of the vote in 1919. "Texans are passionate about Texas history," notes digital imaging specialist Liz Clare, who coordinated the new exhibit. "But for a number of reasons, the story of the women's suffrage movement has been all but lost. "For example -- you could stop a dozen people on the street and ask them who Minnie Fisher Cunningham was, and not one could tell you that she led the women's suffrage movement in Texas, fought the Ku Klux Klan, and later ran for the Senate and the governorship. Yet this was a woman who was a giant of Texas history." "Votes for Women!" uses primary-source materials held by the Texas state archives to tell the stories of Cunningham and the many other women activists who fought to overcome societal attitudes and entrenched power that denied them the rights to full citizenship. Says Clare, "Most of us take women's right to vote for granted today, but there were many people who opposed it at the time. This exhibit tells the story of the anti-suffrage movement too, because without understanding who was opposed to suffrage and why, you can't really understand what the final victory meant." Nor does the exhibit neglect the stories of African American and Tejano women, whose quest for civil rights continued for decades after the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment that made women's suffrage the law of the land. The exhibit was designed to be entertaining and easy to read, and includes images from diaries and letters of Texas women, political cartoons, government documents, and photographs and postcards. State archivist Chris LaPlante says, "This exhibit should appeal to a variety of people who want to learn about a little-known aspect of Texas history. There were so many women who were involved in this movement, and their activism touched so many areas. The exhibit truly places these women and the suffrage in the context of Texas history, and on every page it is possible to learn something new and unexpected. We're very pleased and proud to make this exhibit available." Or, as one woman noted after visiting "Votes for Women!": "I feel like I'm reading The Greatest Generation -- only it's about us!" --------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Include in body: unsubscribe ctls-l For information on CTLS-L please visit: http://www.ctls.net/document/ctls-l.htm
