Biographies
The following list of biographies is intended to be representative, not all-inclusive. For more information about the women whose biographies appear below or to learn about other women, please visit our Learn/Resources/Websites page. We are not adding biographies to this page at this time.
Alphabetical
- Adair, Christia (1893-1989)
- Angelina (?-?)
- Ash, Mary Kay (1918?-2001)
- Bailey, Mollie (1844-1918)
- Blanton, Annie Webb (1870-1945)
- Branch, Mary Elizabeth (1881-1944)
- Cockrell, Sarah Horton (1819-1892)
- Coleman, Bessie (1892-1926)
- Conner, Jeffie O.A. (1895-1972)
- Craft, Juanita Shanks (1902-1985)
- Cunningham, Minnie Fisher (1882-1964)
- Delco, Wilhelmina Fitzgerald (1929- )
- De Leon, Doña Patricia de la Garza (1775-1849)
- Ferguson, Miriam A. “Ma” (1875-1961)
- Fuller, Maud A.B. (1868-1972)
- Goodnight, Mary Ann (Molly) Dyer (1839-1926)
- Hobby, Oveta Culp (1905-1995)
- Hughes, Sarah Tilghman (1896-1985)
- Hutchison, Kay Bailey (1943- )
- Idar, Jovita (1885-1946)
- Johnson, Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” (1912-2007)
- Johnson, Lizzie (1840-1924)
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- Jones, Mary Gibbs (?-1962)
- Jordan, Barbara (1936-1996)
- King, Henrietta (1832-1925)
- Laurenzo, Ninfa (?-2001)
- Long, Jane Wilkinson (1798-1880) and Kian
- McCallum, Jane Y. (1977-1957)
- Ney, Elisabet (1833-1907)
- Parker, Cynthia Ann (1825?-1871?)
- Porter, Katherine Anne (1890-1980)
- Rangel, Irma (1931-2003)
- Richards, Ann W. (1933-2006)
- Quintanilla Pérez, Sélena (1971-1995)
- Smith, Lucille Bishop Smith (1892-1985)
- Stinson, Katherine (1891-1977)
- Villegas de Magnón, Leonor (1876-1955)
- Weddington, Sarah Ragle (1945- )
- West, Emily D. (1816-?)
- Wilmans, Edith (1882-1966)
- Zaffirini, Judith (1946- )
- Zaharias, Mildred “Babe” Didrickson (1911-1956)
- Zavala, Adina De (1861-1955)
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Biography Source Information
Biographies are reprinted from the Foundation for Women’s Resources (now Women’s Resources), Dallas, Texas. They originally appeared in "From Gutsy Mavericks to Quiet Heroes: True Tales of Texas Women," video study guide, Austin: The Foundation for Women's Resources, 1997. Death dates have been added where needed.
