Minnie Fisher Cunningham Papers 1920-1964

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Minnie Fisher Cunningham Papers 1920-1964

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/uhsc/00026/00026-P.html

This material documents the political activities of feminist Minnie Fisher Cunningham. The bulk of the items date from the 1930s through the 1950s. A large addition to this collection has been recently added to Special Collections holdings. For more information, contact Special Collections.

Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries

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Cunningham, Minnie Fisher, 1882-1964

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Minnie Fisher Cunningham (1882-1964), nicknamed “Minnie Fish” by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was a Texas suffragette and political leader, who cofounded and served on several voting and political clubs. In 1901, she became one of the first three women to graduate from the University of Texas Medical School in Galveston with a pharmacy degree, and in 1928 she ran as the first female candidate from Texas for the U.S. Senate. In 1944, she came in second out of nine in a race for governor, losi...