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AGGIELIFE
Thursday, February 1,;
THE BATTALION
New book tells female
'Inn Mia
role in Houston’s history
HOUSTON — On Jan. 2, 1839,
the Rufus Putnam landed at the foot
of Houston’s Main Street after a haz
ardous journey up Buffalo Bayou.
Among the passengers were Mil
lie Gray and her six children, travel
ing from the more civilized state of
Virginia to a small, primitive town.
Gray was not happy.
This is how the pioneer woman
recorded her feelings in her diary
that day: “Although everything
looks better than I had expected, my
heart feels oppressed and it requires
an effort to wear the appearance of
cheerfulness: I could (if 1 were a
weeping character) sit down and
fairly weep. ...”
Luckily, Gray was not the weepy
type, according to historian Betty
Trapp Chapman. In Houston Women:
Invisible Threads in the Tapestry,
Chapman writes that Gray went on to
become a mainstay of the young
community.
Her diary, according to Chapman,
is a treasure trove of life in early
Houston, from the perspective of
wife, mother, neighbor, church-
woman and citizen.
Gray is one of more than 300
women and groups whose lives
Chapman documents in her latest
book.
She looks at the famous and not
so famous who helped make Hous
ton the city it is today — known for
its oil and business successes, but
also for its rich arts scene.
The book is divided into chap
ters: settling Texas, defining
women’s sphere, building commu
nity institutions, going to work, ex
panding education, cultivating the
arts, enriching the community and
opening new doors.
It’s not a comprehensive survey,
but it is a fascinating look at a side
of Houston history that has been
largely ignored. The 275 pictures
that illustrate the book are particu
larly special.
Chapman begins with the first
women believed to be indigenous to ‘
the area — the Karankawas. Though j
the individual lives and names of!
these American Indian women havie
been lost to history, their roles wer
imith’s survey, and Smith’s descen-
lants still live in Houston.
Outside home, churches were the
only other places of activity for
women, but the Civil War got them
Bodyguard
Puffy did
not have gui
not. A Spanish explorer describe^ involved in nursing and fund-raising
their strictly defined, gender-related activities.
division of labor, Chapman said.
“Their women toil incessantly,”
noted Alvar Munez Cabeza de Vaca,
the earliest of the Spanish explorers
to interact with the Karankawas.
Most land grants were given to
men, but exceptions were made by
Stephen F. Austin to women who
were heads of households. One was
Although every
thing looks better
than I had expected,
my heart feels op
pressed and, it re
quires an effort to
wear the appearance
of cheerfulness. ”
Millie Gray
Jane Wilkins, who owned land where
the George R. Brown Convention
Center is now located.
Pioneer women had no sdhools or
churches to support them. Household
duties, including family health, rest
ed on their shoulders and was time-
consuming. It took two weeks of
steady labor to spin enough thread
for a dress.
What women did was not deemed
worthy enough to document, Chap
man said.
One of her favorite women from
that time is Obedience Fort Smith, a
64-year-old widow who immigrated
to Texas in 1835. She was granted
3,370 acres of land in Houston that
encompasses much of the present-
day Fourth Ward, Montrose and Rice
University. It’s still called Obedience .
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$50 for Texas A&M Students
$100 for non-students
Lottery drawing will take place Thursday
evening, Feb. 1, at 6:30 inside G, Rollie
White Coliseum.
Applications may be picked up at the
G. Rollie White ticket office and must be
returned by the start of the lottery drawing on
Thursday.
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The Civil War, Chapman writes,
radically changed the lives of
African-American women by giving
them freedom and legalizing their
marriages.
After the Civil War, more women
began teaching, the only profession
open to black women at that time.
In the last quarter of the 19th
century, Houston women started
clubs such as the Ladies Reading
Club (still in existence). Kezia De-
pelchin founded a home for chil
dren in need. When she died in
1893, club women, friends and
church members got together and
continued her work. The board was
all-female for 40 years.
In 1904, women’s efforts resulted
in Houston’s first public library. In
1900, the Public School Art League
was founded, and artist Emma
Richardson Cherry provided strong
leadership. Its mission was complet
ed in 1924, when the Museum of
Fine Arts opened.
This was also a time when many
women got involved in the fight for
suffrage. A local leader was Annette
Finnigan, who graduated from
Wellesley College in Massachusetts
in 1894, a time when only two per
cent of the country’s women attend
ed college.
When she returned to Houston,
Finnigan and her sisters founded the
Houston Equal Suffrage League and
later the Women’s Political Union.
She became state president of both
organizations.
Chapman tried to make her book
as diverse as possible — including
photos of well-known local African-
American women like pianist Jessie
Covington, whose mother, Jennie,
founded an all-woman orchestra.
NEW YORK (AP)—Afon:
corrections officer who moe
lighted as a bodyguard for St
“Puffy” Combs testified Wedr:
day that he had never once seen >
rap impresario carrying a weap,
Prosecution witness Leon.
Curtis Howard said he w
never have associated hin
with Combs if the defendantL
carried a firearm. . a
“If he is going to carry an: a pres
gal firearm, there is no reason j rL , ev
me to be there,” Howard said. "
der cross-examination. Tm: cinc
going to put my job in jeopard). „ h
Mr. Combs.” ' T .
The rapper and hip-hop L
nessman was arrested on Dei 11 11
1999, after he fled a nighic i _
near Times Square with his; '
triend, actress-singer Jenn:
Lopez. Combs, 31, was chan
with gun possession and bn:
lor allegedly offering hisdr
$50,000 to take the rap fork
ing a gun found in their vet:.
He faces up to 15 years in pr
it convicted of bribery.
Earlier Wednesday, defense
torney Benjamin Brafraan
moved unsuccessfully for
trial because he was upset hi -
distant District Attorney Mate
Bogdanos' use of Howard’s;:. Unlik
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nu
la
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jury testimony to contradicth: Use ( ll
al testimony. anim .
Howard told the grand jury. ■ J
he had never seen Combs scant
Dr.
in.K,. •. • and a
m that situation an important: % ••
tinction, since prosecutorsclainiE u u
Grammy-winning rappercarriei f |
gun into the nightclub audfired w ^
shot on the night of his arret 1
“When a witness lies as eg?
giously as Mr. Howard d/M is if. c . 1,1
cumbent upon the (questioning^ 111 ^!
attorney to point that i 0m ^
jury,” Bogdanos said ('
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THE DEPARTMENT OF
RESIDENCE LIFE
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Invites all students to
An Open Forum
Topic:
Residence hall rental rates for academic year
2001-2002.
When:
Monday, January 29, 2001
&
Thursday, February 1, 2001
Time: 6:30-8:00pm
Where: Room 146 in the MSC
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"Bringing People and Housing Together"
^.rclier Daniels Midland
ADM will be hosting an information night to discuss
internships and career opportunities!
Careers Highlighted: Commodity Trading
Majors Welcome: Agricultural Business, Agricutural Economics
Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors are all welcome!
Refreshments will be served - Door prizes will be given
Dress: Casual
ADM Tuesday, February 6th at 7:00PM
Harrington Education Center (HECC) Room 200
Mays College of Business
Spring Career Fair
Feb. 20-22
Mandatory Meeting
If you are hosting a company, you MUST attend one of the meetings:
Tuesday, Feb. 6
7:00-7:30 p.m.
Wehner 132
Wednesday, Feb 7
9:00-9:30 p.m.
Wehner 130
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Career Fair Website: http://wehner.tamu.edu/bsc