TEXAS DEMOCRATIC WOMEN OF THE HARRIS
COUNTY METRO AREA
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Texas Democratic Women
of Harris County Monthly Meeting
Monday, April 23, 2012 – 6:30 PM
@ HCDP Harris County Democratic Party Office 1445 North Loop West, Suite 110 Houston, Texas 77008
GUEST SPEAKER
Our Very Own Houstonian and ICON for Texas women
Sissy Farenthold
Frances Tarlton "Sissy" Farenthold, commonly referred to as Sissy Farenthold, is an American Democratic politician, attorney, activist, and educator.
She is best known for her run for Texas Governor and for her nomination for Vice President in the 1972 Democratic National Convention. Farenthold started her illustrious political career in the 1968 when she was elected to the Texas House of Representatives, in which she represented Nueces and Kleberg counties. She was the only woman serving in the Texas House at the time. Senator Barbara Jordan was then the only woman serving in the Texas Senate. They co-sponsored the Equal Legal Rights Amendment to the Texas Constitution.
Sissy Farenthold was the third woman whose name was put into nomination for Vice President of the United States at a major party's nominating convention. In both 1972 and 1974, she sought the Democratic nomination for Governor of Texas. In 1973, she was elected as the first chair of the National Women's Political Caucus. She later served as president of Wells College in Aurora, New York, from 1976-1980.
She founded the Public Leadership Education Network in 1978 with key support for her vision from Ruth Mandel who directed the Center for American Women and Politics, part of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University, and Betsey Wright who headed the National Women's Education Fund. The organization was founded on Farenthold's proposal that women's colleges needed to work together to educate and prepare women for public leadership.
Use these 5 points when discussing issues with friends, neighbors, undecided voters. These will be the platform for Monday night's program – how we can use these to energize women voters!
Our meeting location:
HCDP HQ - 1445 North Loop 610 West, near Ella Blvd
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Presidential Proclamation from President Barack Obama.
Our 2010 Texas Democratic Women's Convention got this Election year off to a great start. Please go to our website, www.TDW.org and check out our Stars, Award Recipients and Sponsor's lists and the photos of all of the attendees.
