Texas Bad Girls

Texas Bad Girls

Author: J. Lee Butts

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2016-09-01

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1493026178

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Sometimes humorous, sometimes tongue-in-cheek, sometimes deeply sad and moving — such are the biographies of fifteen Texas bad girls. Husband killers, run-of-the-mill murderers, whorehouse madams, prostitutes, gamblers, bank robbers, floozies — each contributes immeasurably to a rowdy, ribald history that dates from the state's earliest settlers to yesterday's biggest news story.


Texas Women Writers

Texas Women Writers

Author: Sylvia Ann Grider

Publisher: Texas A&M University Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 484

ISBN-13: 9780890967652

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A critical survey of over 150 years of Texas women writers, including fiction and nonfiction authors, poets, and dramatists.


Texas Dames

Texas Dames

Author: Carmen Goldthwaite

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2012-04-01

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 1614237093

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These are the Texas Dames, women who sallied forth to run sprawling ranches, build towns, helm major banks and shape Lone Star history. These "Dames" broke gender and racial barriers in every facet of life. Some led the way as heroines, while others slid headlong into notoriety, but nearly all exhibited similar strands of courage and determination to wrest a country, a state and a region from the wilds. From Angelina of the Hasinai, interpreter for the Spanish, and sharpshooter Sally Scull to Dr. Claudia Potter, America's first female anesthesiologist, and Birdie Harwood, first female mayor in the United States, historian Carmen Goldthwaite has been profiling Texas women and their accomplishments in her popular "Texas Dames" column. Here are their stories, from early Tejas to the twentieth century.


Corners of Texas

Corners of Texas

Author: Francis Edward Abernethy

Publisher: University of North Texas Press

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9780929398570

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This is the best of the Society's papers over the past three years—from lynchings to el pato boat building; from sunbonnets to hammered dulcimers; from jokes about droughts and lawyers to tales of folk, gospel and blues music; from gravemarkers to bottle trees, and more.


Black Women in Texas History

Black Women in Texas History

Author: Bruce A. Glasrud

Publisher: Texas A&M University Press

Published: 2008-03-03

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9781603440318

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Though often consigned to the footnotes of history, African American women are a significant part of the rich, multiethnic heritage of Texas and the United States. Until now, though, their story has frequently been fragmented and underappreciated. Black Women in Texas History draws together a multi-author narrative of the experiences and impact of black American women from the time of slavery until the recent past. Each chapter, written by an expert on the era, provides a readable survey and overview of the lives and roles of black Texas women during that period. Each provides careful documentation, which, along with the thorough bibliography compiled by the volume editors, will provide a starting point for others wanting to build on this important topic. The authors address significant questions about population demographics, employment patterns, family and social dimensions, legal and political rights, and individual accomplishments. They look not only at how African American women have been shaped by the larger culture but also at how these women have, in turn, affected the culture and history of Texas. This work situates African American women within the context of their times and offers a due appreciation and analysis of their lives and accomplishments. Black Women in Texas History is an important addition to history and sociology curriculums as well as black studies and women’s studies programs. It will provide for interested students, scholars, and general readers a comprehensive survey of the crucial role these women played in shaping the history of the Lone Star State.


Texas Folklore Society: 1971-2000

Texas Folklore Society: 1971-2000

Author: Francis Edward Abernethy

Publisher: University of North Texas Press

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9781574411225

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This is a society that you join because you want to. The purpose of the society is to collect and make known to he public sons and ballads, superstitions, games, plays, and proverbs.


2001

2001

Author: Francis Edward Abernethy

Publisher: University of North Texas Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 382

ISBN-13: 9781574411409

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Contains a sample of the research conducted by members of the Texas Folklore Society at the turn of the millennium as represented at the 1998, 1999, and 2000 meetings.


Mysteries and Legends of Texas

Mysteries and Legends of Texas

Author: Donna Ingham

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2010-08-03

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 0762766689

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Part of our growing Mysteries and Legends series, Mysteries and Legends of Texas explores unusual phenomena, strange events, and mysteries in Texas’s history. Each episode included in the book is a story unto itself, and the tone and style of the book is lively and easy to read for a general audience interested in Texas history.