Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Texas women

WiR redlist index: Texas women

Welcome to WikiProject Women in Red (WiR). Our objective is to turn red links into blue ones. Our scope is women's biographies, women's works, and women's issues, broadly construed. This list of red links is intended to serve as a basis for creating new articles on the English Wikipedia. Please note however that the red links on this list may well not be suitable as the basis for an article. All new articles must satisfy Wikipedia's notability criteria with reliable independent sources. This list needs to be updated manually.

This is a list under development of missing articles on women who are (or have been) notable for their activities and work in Texas.

for el paso [1]

• All are welcome to add names to the list which is intended to serve as a basis for creating new articles in this important but somewhat neglected sector on the EN Wikipedia. Shortcut:WP:TXWMN
• El Paso, Texas women are moved to their own list.

Activists, philanthropists and reformers

• Milly Anderson, African American woman who successfully sued Texas railroad in 1875 for not allowing her to enter the railcar. page 90
• Elizabeth Lyons Christ, volunteerism in Texas, San Antonio, [2], Texas Women's Hall of Fame
• Frances Garrett Valentine Dirks, (1925-1991) involved in desegregation, Democratic party leader in Texas, [3]
• Sallie L. Hanna, Dallas woman involved in ending lynching in Texas. [4], [5]

Also El Paso County Historical Society Password Vol 41 p. 23

• Lee Hage Jamail, philanthropist in education, the arts, and health care; obituary in The Houston Chronicle
• Teresa Lozano Long, founder of Theresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, Texas Women's Hall of Fame, [6]
• Polly Mack, Fort Worth reformer
• Mamie L. McKnight, Dallas African American community developer, Texas Women's Hall of Fame, [7]
• Fannie Potter
• Jo Stewart Randel, work in the Panhandle, Texas Women's Hall of Fame, [8]
• Judy Castle Scott, advocate for the blind, Texas Women's Hall of Fame, [9]

Architects, structural engineers and building preservation

• Mary and Sophie Hutson, twins who were first women civil engineers at Texas A&M university. Awarded posthumous degrees in 2002.

Artists and the arts

• Future Akins or Future Akins-Tillet, Lubbock artist, profiled in ISBN 9780896726697
• Toni Arnett, Lubbock, profiled in ISBN 9780896726697
• Consuelo (Chelo) González Amezcua, (1903-1975) Del Rio, Texas, filigree artist [10], [11], [12]
• Mary Bonner, (1887-1935) San Antonio, printmaker, art preservationist, [13], [14]
• Robin Dru Germany, color photography of plants, profiled in ISBN 9780896726697, [15], [16]
• Lahib Jaddo, Amarillo / Lubbock artist, [17], profiled in ISBN 9780896726697
• Dale Jenssen, artist in San Antonio, profiled in ISBN 9780896726697, [18], [19], [20]
• Jo Stewart Randel, work in the Panhandle, Texas Women's Hall of Fame, [21]
• Louise Hopkins Underwood, patron of the arts, Texas Women's Hall of Fame, [22]
• Clara Mcdonald Williamsons, (1875–1976) Texas painter, [23], [24]
• Ann Williams (artist), first African American to earn a master of arts degree in Texas, Texas Women's Hall of Fame, [25]

Business

• Norma Lea Beasley, (1931-2012) founder and CEO of the largest independent title insurance agencies in the US.[26]
• Mary Crowley, Texas Business Hall of Fame 1998, [27]
• Adelaida Cuellar, (1871–1969), Dallas, founder of the El Chico restaurant chain. [28]
• Jinger L. Heath, CEO and co-founder of BeautiControl cosmetics, Dallas, [29]
• Rosemary E. Kowalsk, Texas Business Hall of Fame, 2004, [30]
• Trinidad Mendenhall, founder of Fiesta Mart, Texas Women's Hall of Fame, [Trinidad Mendenhall]
• Dennise Nixon, Texas Business Hall of Fame, [31]
• Kim Olson, CEO of Grace Under Fire, Texas Women's Hall of Fame
• Obedience Smith, dray owner, [32]
• Dian Graves Stai, leader in Texas business, Texas Women's Hall of Fame, [33]
• Martha Fuller Turner, Texas Business Hall of Fame 2009, [34]

Educators, librarians and academics

• Ada C. Anderson, African American, Austin, founder of Leadership Educational Arts Program (LEAP) 1989
• Dorcas D. Bowles, African American dean of the school of social work at the University of Texas at Arlington
• Jeffie Obrea Allen Conner (1895-1972), home economist and teacher MCLennan County and Waco, [35], [36]
• Jeannette Miriam Goldberg (1875-1935), Jewish educator and clubwoman
• Shirley Neeley, Texas Women's Hall of Fame, [37]
• Monica Peralta, "Smeltertown book wins history award", El Paso Times Nov 27, 2001 p. F2., U of Houston teacher
• Mary Beth Rogers, 1994 Lloyd M. Bentsen Chair in Business and Government Relations, [38], Texas Women's Hall of Fame
• Ada DeBlanc Simond, (1903-1989), Austin, black teacher, writer, historian, public health activist, [39], [40], [41], [42], [43]
• Donnya Elle Stephens, Educator in Texas, Texas Women's Hall of Fame, [44]
• Carol D. Surles, African American president of Texas Women's University
• Alvia J. Wardlaw, teacher and curator, Texas Women's Hall of Fame, [45]
• Barbara W. White, first African American dean at University of Texas at Austin ISBN 0292791003

Health

• Suzanne Ahn, neurologist, philanthropist, civil rights for Asian Americans, Dallas, [46], [47]
• Johnnie Marie Benson, Ft. Worth, worked to ensure quality health care in nursing homes, Texas Women's Hall of Fame, [48]
• Benjy Frances Brooks, first pediatric surgeon in Texas. Houston. [49], Texas Women's Hall of Fame
• Patricia Buffer, Texas Health Science Center at Houston, works on epidemiology. Texas Women's Hall of Fame, [50]
• Dixie Melillo, physician, founder of the Rose foundation to provide free breast cancer screenings, Texas Women's Hall of Fame, [51]
• Clotilde P. Garcia, Corpus Christi, one of the first Mexican American women physicians, Texas Women's Hall of Fame, [52]]
• Wendy Schlessel Harpham, physician, Texas Women's Hall of Fame, [53]

Leadership

• Wilhelmina Ruth Fitzgerald Delco, Texas legislator, Texas Women's Hall of Fame, [54]
• Kim Olson, retired US Air Force colonel, Texas Women's Hall of Fame, [55], [56]
• Maria Gertrudis Perez Cassiano, (1790-1832) lived across from the Alamo, a first lady of Texas and interim governor [57], [58], [59]

Music

• Shirley Carter (musician), founded Texas Girls' Choir in 1962, Texas Women's Hall of Fame, [60]
• Pauline Reese, alt-country singer, profiled in ISBN 9780292717343,

Organizations and girls' schools

• Mujeres Por La Raza, organized in 1973 [61], [62]
• The Presbyterian School for Mexican Girls, founded in 1924 in Taft, Texas. [63]
• San Antonio Women's Hall of Fame, [64]

Ranchers and pioneers

• Estelle "Amanda" Nite Burks, cattle driver, [65], [66], [67] Queen of the Trail Drivers Association, celebrated in San Antonio
• Tommie Clack, (1882-1989), Abilene Pioneer who lived in Texas for 106 years, Texas Women's Hall of Fame, [68]
• Margaret McCormick (sometimes Peggy McCormick 1788–1859), owned the largest herd of cattle in the 1850s. [69], [70]
• Hallie Stillwell, cowgirl, rancher, Texas Women's Hall of Fame, [71]
• Mary Nan West, (1925-2001), rancher in Batesville, Texas Women's Hall of Fame, [72]
• Johanna Wilhelm (Johanna Carolyn Prugel Wilhelm), sheep rancher [73], [74]
• Margaret Theresa Wright (sometimes Marguerite), important Texas rancher, [75] Sam Houston called her the "Mother of Texas"

Religion

• Tillie Burgin, Missionary and educator from Texas. Texas Women's Hall of Fame.
• Louise Chollet (1846-1906 Mother Madeleine Chollet), Catholinc nun, [76], [77]
• Fannie Breedlove Davis president of Woman's Missionary Union in Texas, [78]
• Mary Hill Davis, Texas Baptist leader in Dallas, [79]
• Mina S. Everett, Texas and Mexican Baptist missionary
• Mary T. Gambrell, Baptist leader in Texas
• Florence Walter, Mother superior general of the Congregation of Divine Providence, Texas. [80]

STEM

• Melendy Lovett, senior vice president of Texas Instruments; President of Texas Instruments's worldwide Education Technology business; STEM education and workforce advocate, High-Tech High Heels (HTHH)
• Helen Oujesky, San Antonio, professor of microbiology, Texas Women's Hall of Fame, [81]
• Shaunna Sowell, vice president and manager of Worldwide semiconductor facilities at Texas Instruments, women in tech international hall of fame.

Social workers

• Kathleen Foster (social worker), Social worker helping the mentally ill and homeless in Texas, Texas Women's hall of fame.
• Ellie A. Walls Montgomery, Houston based social worker [82]
• Bert Kruger Smith, advocate for mental health, writer, Texas Women's Hall of Fame, [83]
• Jane Allman Wetzel, dedicated to Juvie rehabilitation, Texas Women's Hall of Fame, [84]

Sports

• Linda Louise Craft, (1938-1993), master professional LPGA golfer, Texas Women's Hall of Fame, [85]

Writers

• Elithe Hamilton Kirkland, (1907-1992), Texas Women's Hall of Fame, [86]
• Angela Shelf Medearis, Known as "The Kitchen Diva!" [87], [88]
• Chinwe Odeluga, Austin, African American poet, maker of short film "Poetic Healings", [89], [90]
• Evelyn Palfrey, African American Romance author. [91], [92], [93]
• Jenny Lind Porter, Austin poet, Poet Laureate of Texas, Texas Women's Hall of Fame, [94]
• Ana Sisnett (1952-2009), Black writer from Austin, [95], [96],[97], [98], [99]
• Lori Aurelia Williams, [100], in ISBN

Others

• Jane Elkins, a Dallas slave hired to care for Mr. Wisdom's children. She pled not guilty to his murder. First woman in Texas to be legally hanged. [101], [102]
• Martha McWhirter founder of the Woman's Commonwealth aka Sanctificationists