Photograph of Barbara Jordan delivering a speech in Galveston. Barbara Jordan was the first African American woman to serve in the Texas State Senate, first African American U.S. Representative from Texas, and first African American to deliver a...
Portrait photograph of Charlotte Allen, wife of August Chapman Allen (1806-1864) who, along with his brother John Kirby Allen (1810-1838), established and developed the city of Houston.
The first all-women jury in Harris County Civil Courts selected by District Judge Sears McGee. The women jurors left to right are Mrs. Nina A. Redding, D.C. Ganth, Carl Ray Ramey?, Rosie Lee Pope, Ophelia Mitchell, Ann Lawson. Back row: Mrs. Fritz...
Jordon Grove distributing diplomas to two African American female graduating students at the Franklin Beauty School. Seated are graduating students and observers.
