By Robyn Moore, Reference Librarian
The people of Texas are renowned for their can-do attitude, and Texas women are no exception. Across Texas history, they have been part of statewide and nationwide movements. These items from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission’s shelves highlight some of the leadership roles of Texas women, what their goals were, and how citizens and government have interacted over time.
Search the TSLAC catalog for more publications about Texas women. For more information about access to the titles on display, please contact TSLAC reference services at ref@tsl.texas.gov or call 512-436-5455. You can find a list of titles displayed below. Visit our reading room to access even more!
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Title |
Author |
call number |
location |
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Texas women : their histories, their lives |
Turner, Elizabeth Hayes. |
305.409764 T312 |
Main |
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What wildness is this : women write about the Southwest 1st ed. |
Albert, Susan Wittig |
Z UA380.8 W556 |
TXD |
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Brave Black women : from slavery to the space shuttle 1st ed. |
Winegarten, Ruth |
305.48 W725 |
Main |
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Creativity and Persistence: art that fueled the fight for women’s suffrage |
National Endowment for the Arts |
NF 2.2:W 84 |
USD |
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New women of the new South : the leaders of the woman suffrage movement in the southern states |
Spruill, Marjorie Julian |
324.6 SP88n |
Main |
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Dreaming with the ancestors : Black Seminole women in Texas and Mexico |
Mock, Shirley Boteler |
305.896 M717d |
Main |
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Black Texas women : a sourcebook : documents, biographies, timeline 1st ed. |
Winegarten, Ruthe. |
305.48 W725BS |
Main |
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To ‘joy my freedom : Southern Black women’s lives and labors after the Civil War |
Hunter, Tera W. |
331.4 H919t |
Main |
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Black Texas women : 150 years of trial and triumph 1st ed. |
Winegarten, Ruthe |
305.48 W725B |
Main |
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MeXicana fashions : politics, self-adornment, and identity construction First edition. |
Hurtado, Aída |
Z UA380.8 M574fa |
TXD |
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The Latina advantage : gender, race, and political success First edition. |
Bejarano, Christina E. |
Z UA380.8 B397LA |
TXD |
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Políticas : Latina public officials in Texas 1st ed. |
García, Sonia R. |
Z UA380.8 G165PO |
TXD |
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Working women into the borderlands |
Hernández, Sonia |
Z TA475.8 H430wo |
TXD |
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Women in nonviolent movements |
Principe, Marie A |
Y 3.P 31:20/399 |
USD |
e-resource |
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Fangirls : scenes from modern music culture First University of Texas Press edition. |
Ewens, Hannah |
Z UA380.8 EW35fa |
TXD |
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Her act and deed : women’s lives in a rural southern county, 1837-1873 1st ed. |
Boswell, Angela |
Z TA475.8 B657he |
TXD |
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Courage, charm, and character : the story of the first ladies of Texas and the historic gown collection at Texas Woman’s University |
Hartzog, Martha Ann |
391.2 H259c OVER-T |
Main |
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Texas women in World War II |
Weigand, Cindy J |
940.54 W427t |
Main |
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Texas women and ranching : on the range, at the rodeo, and in their communities First edition |
Liles, Debbie M |
Z TA475.8 T312wo 2019 |
TXD |