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I chose to research Women of the Texas Frontier because I have always loved learning about women's rights, and I can't imagine how unfair life must have been for women back then, and I want to know more about it, and maybe one day help prevent it.



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- I am focusing on clothing. -I am focusing on recreation. -I am also focusing on women's rights.

Clothing
- Pioneer women's clothes were made of Linsey-Woolsey, a cloth made of linen yarn and sheep wool. -Linsey-Woolsey is made by making yarn out of flax, then weaving the flax into some sheep's fleece. []

-Sometimes pioneers wore deerskin clothing over the Linsey-woolsey, and the deerskin was cut and cleaned by women. -Women wore petticoats and dresses made of Linsey- Woolsey, and shoes were traded for game at a local shop. -In the summer, women wore sunbonnets to protect their faces from the sun, along with girls. -Today, women in Texas could wear the same thing as men, if they wanted to. Many women still wear dresses, but there are more options today than back then. Also, almost no women make their clothing, they buy it, and instead of trading game for shoes they trade money for shoes. There is more freedom for women and what they wear today than there was in the pioneer days.

Recreation
- A lot of women just worked, and in their free time they did things that would support their families, so they didn't have much time for fun. - Some richer women went to dances and libraries and read books, if they could read. - Black women could not do the same thing as white women. For example, black women could not go to libraries due to segregation, and even if they got a book, many black women could not read in Texas. - Segregation was a big part of recreation in Texas. - Immigrants who came to Texas stayed in communities with other people from their country. - Immigrants often celebrated things that they did in their country, and women were generally in charge of planning these celebrations. - Women also cooked in their free time. This could be hard because the women had to grow their own food, and they were in charge of the garden, and if they couldn't grow something they would have to find a substitute for it in the meal. -Food was a big way women stayed connected to their culture, and they put a lot of free time and effort into it. - Men would be in charge of farming in their free time, and most women spent most of their free time on household work. -Women in the early 1800's in Texas were important to each and every home, and to worldwide celebrations, just like they are today. Women in the pioneer days in Texas were very hard workers, like women in Texas today. Interview with Monica Perales P.h.D; 10/20/12

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Women's Rights
-Three important rights women did not have in Texas were: 1. Women couldn't vote. 2.Women weren't allowed to own property. 3. If a man and a woman were getting divorced the man automatically had custody of the children. -There were certain jobs ONLY for women, like these: Teacher, nurse, Telephone operators, maids. -Men never tried to take a woman's job, even if he wanted to, because having a woman's job was considered a bit shameful. - All men got to vote before women, even slaves, but not in Texas. Texas passed a separate law that didn't allow African-Americans to vote. - The white women get to vote before black women. -Many people in Texas didn't want black OR white women to vote, because they were scared they would have to change the law that black men could not vote. -In 1920 ALL women get the right to vote, but by then, the African-Americans are not slaves anymore. -The nineteenth amendment was the law that officially allows all women to vote. -Most women in Texas had very passionate opinions about voting, but some women didn't think it was their business to be voting. -Most women didn't really want EQUAL rights, they wanted to be free to change things that they felt was their job, and with no rights, they weren't allowed to do this. -Men thought there was a balance between women and men, and if women started doing things men did, it would disturb the balance. - Some men who believed in women's rights were William P. Hobby Farmers Alliance -William P. Hobby was a politician who made a deal with a group of women. The women said, "Let us vote in the primary rounds, and we'll all vote for you, and if you get elected, you get us rights. He tried to keep his promise, and the federal government agreed, but certain states said no, like Texas, however, Texas supported it as a national law, but not a state law. -Women have many rights today that they didn't have in the early 1800's. Of course, women can vote now. Also, women can own, buy, and sell property unlike in the 1800's. Women have MANY more choices for jobs now. And if a man and a woman get a divorce, the women at least has the right to fight for the kids, where earlier, men automatically got the children. Luckily, women today have their rights, and I think they plan on keeping them! Interview with Monica Perales P.h.D 10/20/12

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_amendment_19.html

For my product, I will be making a short video about Katherine Stinson, a daredevil stunt pilot. I'll dress up as her and act like her, and I will give a description of her life. She was DEFINITELY an outrageous women of the Texas frontier!

Thanks for looking at my wiki! I hope ya'll enjoyed it, learned something from it, and MOST OF ALL.......... I HOPE YA'LL BECAME OUTRAGEOUS WOMEN OF THE TEXAS FRONTIER!