. Book of Texas . granted a tax-payers franchise to women, due largely to the efforts ofMiss Kate Gordon and her two sisters. To clinch thistradition into little short of a superstition, the advancementof the cause in Texas, which national leaders of experienceare now predicting will be the first Southern state to grantwomen full franchise, owes much to the labors and the gen-erous financial support of Miss Annette Finnigan, of Houston,and her sisters Miss Finnigan of Houston and Mrs. Fain ofNew York. In pointing out the names of the women whosenames are linked with the development of the Suff
. Book of Texas . granted a tax-payers franchise to women, due largely to the efforts ofMiss Kate Gordon and her two sisters. To clinch thistradition into little short of a superstition, the advancementof the cause in Texas, which national leaders of experienceare now predicting will be the first Southern state to grantwomen full franchise, owes much to the labors and the gen-erous financial support of Miss Annette Finnigan, of Houston,and her sisters Miss Finnigan of Houston and Mrs. Fain ofNew York. In pointing out the names of the women whosenames are linked with the development of the Suffrage organ-ization in Texas, perhaps it is well just here to mention MissEleanor Brackenridge, of San Antonio, and Mrs. Cunning-ham, of Galveston. The latter now President and the formerHonorary President of the Texas Woman Suffrage Associa-tion. Mrs. Mariana Folsom was one of the pioneer suffragelecturers in Texas; and the name of Mrs. Anna E. Walker,of Austin, present Treasurer of the State Association, has for.
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