by Ruthe Winegarten
edited by Janet G. Humphrey and Frieda Werden
University of Texas Press, 1994
eISBN: 978-0-292-78665-3 | Paper: 978-0-292-79089-6
Library of Congress Classification E185.93.T4W55 1995
Dewey Decimal Classification 305.48960730764

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ABOUT THIS BOOK

Women of all colors have shaped families, communities, institutions, and societies throughout history, but only in recent decades have their contributions been widely recognized, described, and celebrated. This book presents the first comprehensive history of black Texas women, a previously neglected group whose 150 years of continued struggle and some successes against the oppression of racism and sexism deserve to be better known and understood.


Beginning with slave and free women of color during the Texas colonial period and concluding with contemporary women who serve in the Texas legislature and the United States Congress, Ruthe Winegarten organizes her history both chronologically and topically. Her narrative sparkles with the life stories of individual women and their contributions to the work force, education, religion, the club movement, community building, politics, civil rights, and culture. The product of extensive archival and oral research and illustrated with over 200 photographs, this groundbreaking work will be equally appealing to general readers and to scholars of women's history, black history, American studies, and Texas history.


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