Role of Women in Texas History
Prior to the Civil Rights Movement and the legalization of the 19th Amendment during the 1950s-1960s, the women sector have been an active proponent for the liberalization and equality of their rights with that of male citizens in the country. Texas is an example of an American state wherein its women minority had illustrated an active movement for women's rights and liberalization from a highly patriarchal American (and Texan) society. Before the advent of the 20th century, Texan women are already mobilizing and 'invading' the legislative bodies of the government to implement and enforce policies that promotes equal opportunity for women and men in the social, political, and economic aspects of living, promoted the goodwill of the society through bills and policies approved that monitor the welfare of the youth, and prevent violence and juvenile delinquency from happening/occurring. These important policies were formed and implemented in the 19th century, and the following policies are listed as follows: favored the Prohibition...
All of these feats were achieved by an organization called the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, the primary mover of the rights of women in the society and politics during the 19th century. Their active participation in social issues that plague the 19th century society illustrates how women, although they haven't achieved full, legal recognition as a liberal force in the American society, have been mobilizing to specifically fight for their right to be treated as an equal being to men, and to show that woman are able to participate actively in politics and discuss and seek for action about major social issues in the state.
Through the years, women organizations in Texas have been formed to act…
