Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Texas women

Activists, philanthropists and reformers
Also El Paso County Historical Society Password Vol 41 p. 23
 * 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,, Texas Women's Hall of Fame
 * Frances Garrett Valentine Dirks, (1925-1991) involved in desegregation, Democratic party leader in Texas,
 * Sallie L. Hanna, Dallas woman involved in ending lynching in Texas. ,
 * 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,
 * Polly Mack, Fort Worth reformer
 * Mamie L. McKnight, Dallas African American community developer, Texas Women's Hall of Fame,
 * Fannie Potter
 * Jo Stewart Randel, work in the Panhandle, Texas Women's Hall of Fame,
 * Judy Castle Scott, advocate for the blind, Texas Women's Hall of Fame,

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, ,
 * Mary Bonner, (1887-1935) San Antonio, printmaker, art preservationist, ,
 * Robin Dru Germany, color photography of plants, profiled in ISBN 9780896726697, ,
 * Lahib Jaddo, Amarillo / Lubbock artist,, profiled in ISBN 9780896726697
 * Dale Jenssen, artist in San Antonio, profiled in ISBN 9780896726697,, ,
 * Jo Stewart Randel, work in the Panhandle, Texas Women's Hall of Fame,
 * Louise Hopkins Underwood, patron of the arts, Texas Women's Hall of Fame,
 * Clara Mcdonald Williamsons, (1875–1976) Texas painter, ,
 * Ann Williams (artist), first African American to earn a master of arts degree in Texas, Texas Women's Hall of Fame,

Business

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

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, ,
 * Jeannette Miriam Goldberg (1875-1935), Jewish educator and clubwoman
 * Shirley Neeley, Texas Women's Hall of Fame,
 * 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,, Texas Women's Hall of Fame
 * Ada DeBlanc Simond, (1903-1989), Austin, black teacher, writer, historian, public health activist,, , , ,
 * Donnya Elle Stephens, Educator in Texas, Texas Women's Hall of Fame,
 * Carol D. Surles, African American president of Texas Women's University
 * Alvia J. Wardlaw, teacher and curator, Texas Women's Hall of Fame,
 * 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, ,
 * Johnnie Marie Benson, Ft. Worth, worked to ensure quality health care in nursing homes, Texas Women's Hall of Fame,
 * Benjy Frances Brooks, first pediatric surgeon in Texas. Houston., Texas Women's Hall of Fame
 * Patricia Buffer, Texas Health Science Center at Houston, works on epidemiology. Texas Women's Hall of Fame,
 * Dixie Melillo, physician, founder of the Rose foundation to provide free breast cancer screenings, Texas Women's Hall of Fame,
 * Clotilde P. Garcia, Corpus Christi, one of the first Mexican American women physicians, Texas Women's Hall of Fame, ]
 * Wendy Schlessel Harpham, physician, Texas Women's Hall of Fame,

Leadership

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

Music

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

Organizations and girls' schools

 * Mujeres Por La Raza, organized in 1973 ,
 * The Presbyterian School for Mexican Girls, founded in 1924 in Taft, Texas.
 * San Antonio Women's Hall of Fame,

Ranchers and pioneers

 * Estelle "Amanda" Nite Burks, cattle driver,, , 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,
 * Margaret McCormick (sometimes Peggy McCormick 1788–1859), owned the largest herd of cattle in the 1850s. ,
 * Hallie Stillwell, cowgirl, rancher, Texas Women's Hall of Fame,
 * Mary Nan West, (1925-2001), rancher in Batesville, Texas Women's Hall of Fame,
 * Johanna Wilhelm (Johanna Carolyn Prugel Wilhelm), sheep rancher ,
 * Margaret Theresa Wright (sometimes Marguerite), important Texas rancher, 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, ,
 * Fannie Breedlove Davis president of Woman's Missionary Union in Texas,
 * Mary Hill Davis, Texas Baptist leader in Dallas,
 * 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.

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,
 * 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
 * Bert Kruger Smith, advocate for mental health, writer, Texas Women's Hall of Fame,
 * Jane Allman Wetzel, dedicated to Juvie rehabilitation, Texas Women's Hall of Fame,

Sports

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

Writers

 * Elithe Hamilton Kirkland, (1907-1992), Texas Women's Hall of Fame,
 * Angela Shelf Medearis, Known as "The Kitchen Diva!" ,
 * Chinwe Odeluga, Austin, African American poet, maker of short film "Poetic Healings", ,
 * Evelyn Palfrey, African American Romance author., ,
 * Jenny Lind Porter, Austin poet, Poet Laureate of Texas, Texas Women's Hall of Fame,
 * Ana Sisnett (1952-2009), Black writer from Austin,, ,, ,
 * Lori Aurelia Williams,, 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. ,
 * Martha McWhirter founder of the Woman's Commonwealth aka Sanctificationists