Description: Native American, Spanish, and Mexican women in Native American Texas -- The Frontier South in the early nineteenth century -- Creating an antebellum society in Texas -- Civil War and Reconstruction -- Making West Texas -- Women's activism, 1870s-1920s -- Women's work, 1890s-1920s -- Depression and war -- Accepting and rejecting conformity in the postwar decades -- Taking charge: women to the end of the twentieth century -- Conclusion -- Notes.
Review Quotes: "Women in Texas History makes a welcome addition to the field, telling the story of the female half of the Texas population. Boswell's emphasis on race and class as well as gender renders the book interesting as well as educational. A must-read for anyone interested in true Texas history." --Jean A. Stuntz, author of Hers, His, and Theirs: Community Property Law in Spain and Early Texas--Jean A. Stuntz