Texas women broke barriers throughout the twentieth century, winning the right to vote, expanding their access to higher education, entering new professions, pa

Winner, 2019 Liz Carpenter Award, sponsored by the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) In recent decades, a small but growing number of historians have de

“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 poin

When Nikki R. Van Hightower stepped into the position of Women's Advocate for the City of Houston in 1976, she quickly discovered that she had very little real

Women in Civil War Texas is the first book dedicated to the unique experiences of Texas women during the Civil War. It fills the literary void in Texas women’