Mrs. Percy V. PennybackerPapers 1878-1938

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Mrs. Percy V. PennybackerPapers 1878-1938

The collection documentsthe personal life of Anna Pennybacker, as well as her involvement in women'sclubs, education, suffrage and the peace movement. Pennyback was an activistand author in Texas in the early 20th century.

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Anna Pennybacker, nee Hardwicke (1861-1938), activist and author, was born in Virginia and moved first to Kansas and then to Texas in 1878. She married Percy V. Pennybacker in 1884 in Tyler, Texas. They had four children, one of whom died in infancy. She lived in Tyler and Palestine and moved to Austin in 1900 after the death of her husband. She remained there until her death. Pennybacker wrote and published A New History of Texas for Schools, which was adopted by the Texas Legislature for use i...

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