Texas Highways Magazine

And Nothing Less

9th

Texas’ order among the U.S. states to ratify the 19th Amendment

1918

Year white Texas women got the right to vote in primary elections

386,000

Number of women who registered to vote in the 1918 Democratic primary

at a higher rate than men, a fitting tribute to the women who

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