02436cam a2200301 4500 516924032 TxAuBib 19961006120000.0 860102s1993||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780890155325 0890155321 TxAuBib Winegarten, Ruthe. Texas women : a pictorial history: From Indians to Astronauts / Ruth Winegarten. Austin, Tex. : Eakin Press, [1993] ix, 189 p. : chiefly col. illus. Includes biographical notes and index. Bibliography: pp. 173-176. Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Pioneers -- 2. Civil War and Early Communities -- 3. "Women's Work" and Women's Education -- 4. "Men's Work" and Entrepreneurism -- 5. Clubs and Civic Activities -- 6. the Fight for Democracy -- 7. War, Politics, and Peace -- 8. A Celebration of Life. A multi-ethnic approach to the history of Texas women, beginning with the Native Americans who have lived here fro 10,000 year. Over 250 historic and contemporary photographs, including many never before published, portray the lives of Texas women form the pioneer days to the present. Texas women ran the fastest and flew the farthest. They were ranchers and reformers, bankers and bridge builders, suffragists and seamstresses. They were teachers and truckers, lawyers and librarians, missionaries and midwives. They save the Alamo and struggled for the vote. Women built schools, hospitals, and symphony orchestras. They lobbied for pure food and drug laws and prison reform. They nurtured their families and reached our to the broader community. Women have often worked together across class and ethnic barriers for the greater good. Their efforts and successes have strengthened Texas. Texas is more than its wars and its cowboys. It is the achievements of Texas women, as individuals and through their organizations. Their roles as workers , community builders, and creators--not only for children, but of the institutions we all take for granted--are documented and richly portrayed. 19961006. Women Texas History. Women Employment Texas History. Women in politics Texas History. Texana. Rogers, Mary Beth, author of foreword. BTCLS