Women in the Texas Populist Movement

by Barthelme, Marion K.; Boles, John B.

• ISBN13: 9780890967751
• ISBN10: 089096775X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-05-01
• Publisher: Texas A & M Univ Pr

Summary

In Women in the Texas Populist Movement, Marion K. Barthelme presents more than a hundred letters from Texas farm women, who were becoming ever more alert to the political and economic forces impacting their lives. The agrarian reform movement was a major element of political life in Texas, and women's letters to the Texas Farmers' Alliance newspaper became increasingly passionate and forthright in expressing their concerns. The women discover a camaraderie through their letters - a recognition of their common aspirations and frustrations with a system that dismisses their experiences. Through the medium of writing, they express vibrant personalities and a pungent sense of humor.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	ix
Foreword	xiii
John Boles
Acknowledgments
Introduction	3	(76)
Marion K. Barthelme
Letters to the Southern Mercury	79	(162)
Bibliography	241	(4)
Index	245