Womens History

Dora Hand was in a deep sleep.  Her bare legs were draped across the thick blankets covering her delicate form and a mass of long, auburn hair stretched over the pillow under her head and dangled off the top of a flimsy mattress.  Her breathing was slow and effortless.  A framed, graphite- charcoal portrait of...

The steamship Continental pitched and rolled as it traveled over the rough waters of the Pacific Ocean en route to the northwest section of the United States.  The two dozen women on board were violently ill with sea sickness and desperate for the waves to subside.  They were either lying on their bunks in their...

The steamship Continental pitched and rolled as it traveled over the rough waters of the Pacific Ocean en route to the northwest section of the United States.  The two dozen women on board were violently ill with sea sickness and desperate for the waves to subside.  They were either lying on their bunks in their...

Deacon Joe Sleet’s correspondence with widow Nellie Wallace was full of promise for the future.  When they began writing one another in late 1925, Mrs. Wallace had hoped to find a man who would love and care for her as her deceased husband once had.  When she placed an ad in the “Get Acquainted” section...

A lively, petite woman with dark hair and dark eyes coaxed a pair of blonde mares pulling a well-used buggy toward a train depot in Taylorsville, Texas.  When the vehicle reached the building, she tugged on the reins, and the horses came to a quick stop.  Nine curious men waiting on the platform and carefully...

A lively, petite woman with dark hair and dark eyes coaxed a pair of blonde mares pulling a well-used buggy toward a train depot in Taylorsville, Texas.  When the vehicle reached the building, she tugged on the reins, and the horses came to a quick stop.  Nine curious men waiting on the platform and carefully...

When Mary Edith Collins married William Andrew Moore in Willow Springs, Missouri on October 19, 1913, she had only spent a handful of hours with him.  The two courted via mail for several years before William officially proposed on January 27, 1913.  He was a 22 year old farmer from Texas and she was a...

A jubilant group of children huddled around a massive color poster affixed to the arena walls of New York’s Polo Grounds.  The broadside, dated May 28, 1884, was filled with images of beautiful Hispanic women riding horses.  Bold print across the bottom read:  COME SEE THE MEXICAN SENORITAS IN A CONTEST OF EQUINE SKILLS. “Those...