Explore the suffrage movement in Texas City through historic Texas City newspaper articles to compliment the Texas City Museum's presentation of "Citizens at Last: The Woman Suffrage Movement in Texas," an exhibition produced by Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
- Article discusses the Texas City Woman Equal Suffrage Association's progress since its 1915 inception, March 4, 1916.
- Texas City Equal Suffrage Association organizes chapters for surrounding mainland communities, March 31, 1916.
- Helen Moore appointed representative of Texas on the executive board of the National Woman Suffrage Association, May 13, 1916.
- Helen Moore addresses the Christian Ladies' Aid Society to discuss her attendance at national suffrage conventions and to pass out banners, buttons, and ribbons for the suffragist movement, June 21, 1916.
- Helen Moore is a part of a delegation to appear before the state democratic platform committee in Houston. It is the first time a committee representing equal suffrage has ever been granted a hearing by the state convention, August 11, 1916.
- A 1918 Texas Law granted women partial suffrage by permitting them to vote in primary elections. Helen Moore is the first woman in Texas to be appointed election judge, June 28, 1918.
* The Texas City Times & The Texas City Weekly Sun newspapers utilized in this exhibit are part of the collection entitled: Galveston County Area Newspaper Collection and were provided to The Portal to Texas History by the Moore Memorial Public Library. *
Credits
Compiled by Brenda L. Broussard of Moore Memorial Public Library