Margie E. Neal Papers 1875-1953

Hobby, Oveta Culp, 1905-1995

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Oveta Culp Hobby (January 19, 1905 – August 16, 1995) was the first secretary of the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, first director of the Women's Army Corps, and a chairperson of the board of the Houston Post. Hobby went to Washington, D.C., in 1941 to head the newly formed women's division of the War Department's Bureau of Public Relations. At the request of Army Chief of Staff George C. Marshall she drafted plans for the formation of a women's auxiliary to the male army, ...

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973

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Lyndon Baines Johnson, also known as LBJ, was born on August 27, 1908 at Stonewall, Texas. He was the first child of Sam Ealy Johnson, Jr., and Rebekah Baines Johnson, and had three sisters and a brother: Rebekah, Josefa, Sam Houston, and Lucia. In 1913, the Johnson family moved to nearby Johnson City, named for Lyndon''s forebears, and Lyndon entered first grade. On May 24, 1924 he graduated from Johnson City High School. He decided to forego higher education and moved to California with a few ...

United States. National Recovery Administration

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Shivers, Allan, 1907-1985

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United States. Social Security Administration

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East Texas Register (Carthage, Tex.)

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Neal, Margie Elizabeth, 1875-1971

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Margie Elizabeth Neal (1875-1971) was the first woman state senator in Texas. Born near Clayton, Texas, Neal attended Sam Houston State Teachers College, but left before graduating to teach school in Fort Worth. After teaching a short time, she returned to Carthage, Texas, in 1903 to care for her ill mother. In 1903, her father, William Lafayette Neal, purchased the weekly newspaper, the Texas Mule, for her. She edited and published the paper under the name East Texas Register befor...

Texas. Legislature. Senate

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Senator Hugh Q. Parmer, a Democrat from Fort Worth, served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1962 to 1964 for the 58th and 59th Legislatures and was elected to the Texas Senate in 1982 for the 68th through the 71st Legislatures (1983-1989) representing District 12 which encompasses part of Tarrant County. Parmer holds a BA from Yale University and was president of Parmer Marketing Company, Inc. In 1977, Parmer was elected Mayor of Fort Worth after serving a two-year term on the Fort Wor...