A leader in the successful fight for woman suffrage in Texas, Jane Yelvington McCallum (1878 1957) left an absorbing written record of an exceptionally productive life. McCallum was a wife, mother, and clubwoman; unlike most, she was also a suffrage leader, lobbyist, journalist, publicist, Democratic Party worker, and secretary of state. "A Texas Suffragist" brings to print two of Jane McCallum s most important unpublished diaries, which cover the period from October 1916 through December 1919. They chronicle the struggle of Texas suffragists to win the vote from the viewpoint of one of...
A leader in the successful fight for woman suffrage in Texas, Jane Yelvington McCallum (1878 1957) left an absorbing written record of an exceptionall...
"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 point of women's political history?" from the foreword by Anne Firor Scott"
"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 h...
