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A Texas Suffragist: Diaries and Writings of Jane Y. McCallum
A leader in the successful for women suffrage in Texas, Jane Yelvington McCallum (1878-1957) left an absorbing written record of an exceptionally productive life. Like thousands of other middle-class Texas women in the first decades of the twentieth century, 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A TEXAS SUFFRAGIST brings to print for the first time two of Jane McCallum's most important unpublished diaries, which cover the period form October 1916 through December 1919. They chronicle the struggle of Texas suffragists to win the vote from the viewpoint of one of the movement's most active participants, and provide insight into a range of progressive causes--including prohibition, honest government, and the independence and integrity of The University of Texas--that women reformers supported in the WWI era.
Editor Janet Humphrey has supplemented McCallum's diaries with a selection of her letters, autobiographical fragments, and sketches that help round out the story of her personal and public life through 1919. The years of McCallum's life highlighted in this book mark the beginnings of her public career which lasted for decades.
Janet Humphrey's two years of research have provided us with this first, rich portrait of a woman very much involved in a turbulent period in history.
A TEXAS SUFFRAGIST brings to print for the first time two of Jane McCallum's most important unpublished diaries, which cover the period form October 1916 through December 1919. They chronicle the struggle of Texas suffragists to win the vote from the viewpoint of one of the movement's most active participants, and provide insight into a range of progressive causes--including prohibition, honest government, and the independence and integrity of The University of Texas--that women reformers supported in the WWI era.
Editor Janet Humphrey has supplemented McCallum's diaries with a selection of her letters, autobiographical fragments, and sketches that help round out the story of her personal and public life through 1919. The years of McCallum's life highlighted in this book mark the beginnings of her public career which lasted for decades.
Janet Humphrey's two years of research have provided us with this first, rich portrait of a woman very much involved in a turbulent period in history.
168 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1988
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July 13, 2010
It's official--I'm a big, big fan of Jane McCallum.
She was one of those women that did it all--five kids, active clubwoman, fought for suffrage, did war work and eventually became Secretary of State under Gov. Moody in the late 1920s.
This book is mainly composed of her diaries from 1916-1919--pretty important years for suffrage. She writes with great passion--lots of italics and dashes.
Two favorite quotes (one serious and one not so):
"We asked for hte vote as a right denied. We never said that women would improve the world, though in our hearts we believed it."
"I thought I had eaten and seen others eat things 'whut tasted good;'--but I never had--until last night for supper. We had some all white wheat hot biscuit with butter!! How Mr. M. & Brown & Henry are alive to tell the tale is because of the limitations of the baking pan!" (1918--after rationing!)
I'm eager to learn more about her--she deserves a complete biography (and it looks like enough of her papers exist to make that possible).
She was one of those women that did it all--five kids, active clubwoman, fought for suffrage, did war work and eventually became Secretary of State under Gov. Moody in the late 1920s.
This book is mainly composed of her diaries from 1916-1919--pretty important years for suffrage. She writes with great passion--lots of italics and dashes.
Two favorite quotes (one serious and one not so):
"We asked for hte vote as a right denied. We never said that women would improve the world, though in our hearts we believed it."
"I thought I had eaten and seen others eat things 'whut tasted good;'--but I never had--until last night for supper. We had some all white wheat hot biscuit with butter!! How Mr. M. & Brown & Henry are alive to tell the tale is because of the limitations of the baking pan!" (1918--after rationing!)
I'm eager to learn more about her--she deserves a complete biography (and it looks like enough of her papers exist to make that possible).
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