Texas Woman's University - The Woman's CollectionIncludes books, journals, lecture notes, research papers, and correspondence of a former Texas Woman's University English Professor and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.Contact InformationFinding Aid
Texas Woman's University - The Woman's CollectionSelf-reflective diaries of a New Orleans teenage girl focusing on her spiritual life and attempts to improve her moral character through recording her shortcomings written during the period of the Civil War.Contact InformationFinding Aid
Texas Woman's University - The Woman's CollectionA non-profit, educational organization working at the local level in Dallas, Texas, to promote and protect full reproductive freedom for all women. Serves as a resource clearinghouse for information and education. Summary Correspondence, educational pamphlets and brochures, photographs, posters, and clipping files educating the public about the issue of abortion rights. Includes files on Mary Gilmore and Charlotte Taft who started Choice; a fund established honoring Roise Jimenez, the first woman on Medicaid who died of an illegal abortion; politicians and their stands on the issue; testimonials from women who received abortions; and, the North Texas Abortion Rights League (NTARL). Also includes correspondence, files, brochures, signs and posters, and hate mail from pro-life groups and individuals. The Choice Foundation is listed under the 501(c)3 as Freedom of Choice.Contact InformationFinding Aid
Texas Woman's University - The Woman's CollectionConstitution and bylaws, minutes, correspondence, reports, and published material created by the state organization, the districts, and over 2,200 individual member clubs. Also includes graphic material such as photographs and scrapbooks. Material documents the founding meeting in 1897 through the organization's growth in the twentieth century into the largest women's volunteer association in Texas.Contact InformationFinding Aid
Texas Woman's University - The Woman's CollectionA native Texan, Mamie Hansen spent most of her adult life in Los Angeles, California. Her letters home during these years richly detail her life in California and the internal dynamics of a complex family relationship as well as her work with the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC). Scrapbooks contain clippings covering her social life and activity in the Democratic Party including her candidacy for the 13th Congressional District in 1950.Contact InformationFinding Aid
Texas Woman's University - The Woman's CollectionOfficial state and local records of organization devoted to equal rights and treatment of women. Prominent Texas members have included Judge Sarah T. Hughes and Dallas attorney Hermine Tobolosky. Part of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women.Contact InformationFinding Aid
Texas Woman's University - The Woman's CollectionConstitution and bylaws, minutes, correspondence, reports, and published material created by the state organization, the districts, and over 2,200 individual member clubs. Also includes graphic material such as photographs and scrapbooks. Material documents the founding meeting in 1897 through the organization's growth in the twentieth century into the largest women's volunteer association in Texas.Contact InformationFinding Aid
Texas Woman's University - The Woman's CollectionThe American Association for University Women Texas (AAUW Texas) was established in 1926 under the umbrella of the national AAUW (formed in 1882),whose mission was to "unite alumnae of different institutions for practical educational work." The Texas Association prides itself in its work to creat educational and equity opportunities for women and girls. The state records include extensive files on the history of the organization, constitution and bylaws, presidential and board records including minutes and reports, club histories, yearbooks, constitution, and bylaws, newsclippings, photographs, and scrapbooks, documenting the scholarships, and programs conducted locally.Contact InformationFinding Aid
Texas Woman's University - The Woman's CollectionMusician and piano accompanist in dance. Native of Island Falls, Maine. Began her professional career in dance accompaniment with Braffiotti-Denishawn School of Dancing in Boston and was an origianl member of the Jacob's Pillow enclave near Lee, Massachusetts (1941-1976). Campbell became the dance of accompanist at Texas Woman's University, 1942-1974.Correspondence and business files, photographs, musical compositions;programs and news clippings pertaining to Campbell's professional work with Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, the Winslow-Fitz-Simons Argentina tour, Texas Woman's Univeristy and other dance company affiliations. Biographical materials pertain to Island Falls, Maine, performances and visits with photographs of Campbell's partnership in a musical trio named "Melody Mansion" which toured in vaudeville. The photographs are extensive and include publicity prints of many renowned modern dancers, the Winslow-Fits-Simons Argetina Tour; Jacob's Pillow and student performances at ... MoreContact InformationFinding Aid
Texas Woman's University - The Woman's CollectionHeritage society for women who descented from an ancester who "rendered divil, military, or naval service during the years 1784-1815." Consists of state organization records.Contact InformationFinding Aid
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