Capitol women : Texas female legislators, 1923-1999 / [Nancy Baker Jones and Ruthe Winegarten].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Nancy Baker, author.

Winegarten, Ruthe, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Texas. Legislature--Biography.

Texas.

Women legislators--Texas--Biography.

Women legislators.

Texas--Biography.

Texas--Politics and government--1951-.

Texas--Politics and government--1865-1950.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Along with bar rooms and bordellos, there has hardly been a more male-focused institution in Texas history than the Texas Legislature. Yet the eighty-six women who have served there have made a mark on the institution through the legislation they have passed, much of which addresses their concerns as citizens who have been inadequately represented by male lawmakers. This first complete record of the women of the Texas Legislature places such well-known figures as Kay Bailey Hutchison, Sissy Farenthold, Barbara Jordan, Irma Rangel, Eddie Bernice Johnson, Susan Combs, and Judith Zaffirini in the context of their times and among the women and men with whom they served. Drawing on years of primary research and interviews, Nancy Baker Jones and Ruthe Winegarten offer concise biographies and profiles of all eighty-six women who have served or currently hold office in the Texas Legislature. The biographies describe the women lawmakers' lives, campaign strategies, and legislative successes and defeats. Four introductory essays provide historical and cultural context for the biographies, which are arranged chronologically to give a sense of the passage of time, of relationships among and between women, and of the issues of their eras.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

THE POLITICAL CONTEXT

WOMEN IN RED

ENTERING THE "MEN'S ROOM": WOMEN INSIDE THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE

TEXAS WOMEN AS POLITICIANS: A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW

HOW THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE WORKS

BIOGRAPHIES

THE 1920s-1930s

EDITH EUNICE THERREL WILMANS

MARY ELIZABETH (MARGIE) NEAL

LAURA BURLESON NEGLEY

HELEN EDMUNDS MOORE

FRANCES MITCHELL ROUNTREE

CORA GRAY STRONG

SARAH TILGHMAN HUGHES

THE 1940s-1950s

MARGARET GREER HARRIS GORDON (AMSLER)

ESTHER NEVEILLE HIGGS COLSON

RAE MANDETTE FILES(STILL)

FLORENCE FENLEY

MARY ELIZABETH SUITER

MARIAN ISABEL ( MARIBELLE) HAMBLEN STEWART ( MILLS REICH)

PERSIS JONES HENDERSON

DOROTHY GILLIS GURLEY (CAUTHORN)

VIRGINIA ELIZABETH DUFF

ANITA BLAIR

MAUD ISAACKS

THE 1960s-1970s

MYRA DAVIS WILKINSON BANFIELD (DIPPEL)

SUE BLAIR HAIRGROVE (MUZZY)

BARBARA CHARLINE JORDAN

FRANCES TARLTON (SISSY ) FARENTHOLD

KATHRYN A. (KAY) BAILEY (HUTCHISON)

SARAH RAGLE WEDDINGTON

DOROTHY J. CHRISMAN (CHRIS) MILLER

EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON

ELIZABETH (BETTY) RICHARDS ANDUJAR

SENFRONIA PAIGE THOMPSON

SUSAN GURLEY MCBEE

WILHELMINA RUTH FITZGERALD DELCO

LOU NELLE CALLAHAN SUTTON

MARY JANE GOODPASTURE BODE

LANELL COFER

ERNESTINE VIOLA GLOSSBRENNER

ANITA DORCAS CARRAWAY HILL

BETTY DENTON

IRMA RANGEL

MARY J. MCCRACKEN POLK

THE 1980s-1990s

DEBRA DANBURG

JAN MCKENNA

PATRICIA ELLEN PORCELLA HILL

PHYLLIS ROBINSON

GWYN CLARKSTON SHEA

NANCY HANKS MCDONALD

MARGARET ANNE BECKER COOPER

MARÍA ELENA (LENA) GUERRERO

CYNDI TAYLOR KRIER

JUDITH LEE PAPPAS ZAFFIRINI

ANNA RENSHAW MOWERY

ELIZABETH ANN (LIBBY) ANDREWS LINEBARGER

KARYNE JONES CONLEY

MARY CAROLYN BEDGOOD PARK

SUE ANN SMITH SCHECHTER

MARGARET ANN (PEGGY) MULRY ROSSON

YOLANDA NAVARRO FLORES

SUSAN COMBS

SYLVIA ROMO

BARBARA RUSLING

SNAPSHOTS

APPENDICES

A. The Honorable Women of the Texas Legislature

B. Statistical Summaries

C. Number of Female Members of the Texas Legislature by Legislative Session, January 1923-January 1999

D. Female Members of the Texas Legislature by Legislative Session, January 1923-January 1999

E. Composition of the 76th Legislature (January 1999-January 2001)

F. Time Line

BIBLIOGRAPHY

PHOTO CREDITS

INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-309) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-292-77320-X

OCLC:

1280943291