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Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Battle Lost and Won: Suffrage Broadside: The Woman's Reason

For Students 9th - 10th
What were some of the reason's suffragists felt women should have the right to vote. This early 20th-century broadside has several responses. Published by the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Battle Lost and Won: Suffrage Broadside: People Say,we Say

For Students 9th - 10th
How did suffragists respond to many of the questions and statements of those opposed to woman suffrage? this broadside shows the woman suffrage argument using a two-column format: "People Say" and "We Say." Published by the National...
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Battle Lost and Won: Suffrage Broadside

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a broadside addressed to the "8,000,000 Working Women in the United States," which asks questions like "Are you satisfied with your working conditions?" and "How can you get what you want?" Published by the National Woman...
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Battle Lost and Won: Suffrage Broadside: Why Women Want to Vote

For Students 9th - 10th
Why do working women, housekeepers, mothers, teachers and other women want the right to vote? This suffrage broadside provides answers. Published by the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Battle Lost and Won: "Women Vote Under These Flags" Broadside

For Students 9th - 10th
Interesting broadside showing flags of countries that allowed women to vote, and asking under the U.S. flag, "Why do not all women vote under the flag of democracy?"
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Forever Free: The 1880s: Elias Mayes

For Students 9th - 10th
Elias Mayes was was an African American legislator in Texas during Reconstruction. Read about the committees he served on, his view on segregation, and some of the problems he faced.
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Dawn at the Alamo: Stephen F. Austin, From the "Log Cabin"

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is portrait of famous Texan, Stephen F. Austin, by "Dawn at the Alamo" painter, Henry McArdle. Below the portrait is a handwritten explanation of the image, as well as a line-by-line typed transcription. Includes a link to a...
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Dawn at the Alamo: Portrait of James Bowie

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a portrait of famous Texan James Bowie by "Dawn at the Alamo" painter, Henry McArdle. Includes a link to a bio on Bowie as well as "a report written by Jim Bowie on the 1835 Indian situation in Texas."
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Dawn at the Alamo: Portrait of David Crockett

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a portrait of famous Texan David Crockett by the "Dawn at the Alamo" painter, Henry McArdle. Includes a link to a bio on Crockett.
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Dawn at the Alamo: Portrait of Susanna Dickinson Given to Mc Ardle

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a photo of Alamo eyewitness Susanna Dickinson, given to "Dawn at the Alamo" artist Henry McArdle. Includes a link to a bio on Dickinson.
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Dawn at the Alamo: Photograph of Jose Antonio Navarro

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a photo of famous Texan Jose Antonio Navarro, part of Henry McArdle's "Dawn at the Alamo" notebook. Includes a link to a bio on Navarro.
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Dawn at the Alamo: Plan of the City of San Antonio

For Students 9th - 10th
See a plan of the city of San Antonio and the Alamo, "drawn and colored by Col. Ignacio de Labastida, chief of engineers of the army of the north." The first page is an English translation of the areas labeled on the drawn plan. (Click...
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Dawn at the Alamo: Picture of General Antonio Lopez De Santa Anna

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a portrait of General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, which was sent to "Dawn at the Alamo" artist, Henry McArdle.
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Texas Joins the Battle: Cartoon, Houston Daily Post, March 30, 1896

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a political cartoon showing showing the split between those who favored the gold standard and those favoring the silver standard, and how the Populist Party took advantage of that split. Learn what this means by taking a look at...
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Mc Ardle Notebooks: Battle of San Jacinto: John P Ferrell to the Mc Ardle

For Students 9th - 10th
Read an account of Sam Houston's clothing, as well as the uniforms of the Mexican soldiers, during the Battle of San Jacinto. Part of artist Henry McArdle's research for his painting, "The Battle of San Jacinto."
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Battle of San Jacinto: Mrs. Lola Lamar Calder to Mc Ardle, November 22, 1891

For Students 9th - 10th
Mirabeau Lamar's daughter, Lola Lamar Calder, writes artist Henry McArdle, who did extensive research on Lamar, as well as others, before painting his "The Battle of San Jacinto." This site includes images of the original letter, typed...
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Forever Free: The 1870s: The Freedmen's Bureau

For Students 3rd - 8th
Here is a brief explanation of what the Freedmen's Bureau was and why it was established. Lists some functions of the Bureau in Texas and its members.
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The 1890s: Jim Crow Laws

For Students 9th - 10th
In 1891, the Texas Legislature passed the Jim Crow law, which "required separate railroad coaches for African Americans." Learn why this was passed and given the name "Jim Crow."
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Battle of San Jacinto: Photograph, Mirabeau B. Lamar

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a photo of Mirabeau Lamar, part of artist Henry McArdle's collection of research for his painting, "The Battle of San Jacinto." Includes a link to an article on Lamar, from the "Handbook of Texas."
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Movement Comes of Age: Telegram to Eleanor Brackenridge, 1911

For Students 9th - 10th
While studying the strategies of the early 20th-century suffragists, check out primary texts like this one. Here is a brief telegram through which Austin suffragist Erminia Thompson Folsom communicates with Eleanor Brackenridge, who...
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Battle Lost and Won: Anti Suffrage Postcard

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is an example of a "humorous" postcard used by anti-suffragists, which promoted opposition to women's right to vote.