Download the full pdf here22.1 Letter from the Editor, Caitlyn Jones 2Why Houston? How the National Women’s Conference Came to the Bayou City By Caitlyn Jones9Making Houston Happen: Local Organizers and the Planning of the NWC By Maya Bouchebl 13Sylvia Ortiz: An “Everyday Woman” Who Became a Feminist Celebrity By Miranda Ruzinsky 18Meet Houston’s NWC Delegates Introduction by Nancy Beck Young […]
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The Milby COED Cadettes: 100 Years of Friendship, Honor, and Service
For nearly a century the Milby COED Cadettes have entertained students and residents from Harrisburg and the East End, as well as across Texas and in Hawaii.
Two Activists Who Shaped the East End
Texas State Senator Carol Alvarado, left, spoke for fifteen hours to demonstrate her opposition to voting restrictions that would make voting more difficult for people of color and people with disabilities. At right, Maria Jimenez was exposed to labor organizing early in her life. She continued to fight for fair labor policies and joined the […]
21.2 Table of Contents: Reflecting on Our History
Download the full pdf here 21.2 Letter from the Editor, Debbie Z. Harwell 2Harris County Historical Society: A Century of Preserving and Sharing Local HistoryBy Charlie Becker8Movers and Shakers: Houston Women in the ArtsBy Don Looser12More than a Museum: Living History and a Vibrant Future at The Heritage Society in Sam Houston ParkBy Katherine R. […]
22.1 Table of Contents, Harrisburg and Milby
Download the full pdf here22.1 Letter from the Editor, Debbie Z. Harwell 2Why Houston, Not Harrisburgby Ariel Peña7Charles H. Milby: How the Man and the School Shaped Harrisburgby Braden Dodson and Winnie Wong9The Milby COED Cadettes: 100 Years of Friendship, Honor, and Serviceby Dan Broughton13The Long Road Ahead: Desegregation in HISD and Milby High Schoolby […]
21.1Table of Contents
Download the full pdf here 21.1 Letter from the Editor, Debbie Z. Harwell 2Celebrating Twenty Years Discovering the Past at Houston History MagazineBy Debbie Z. Harwell8Philip G. Hoffman: Breaking Ground on the Modern Universityof HoustonBy Megan R. Dagnall1350 Years of Blaffer Art Museum: A Historical OverviewBy Pete Gershon16Building a Creative Community Through Blaffer Art Museum’s […]
Agents of Change: Celebrating Innovation at UH’s Centennial, A Collaborative Exhibit
By Mary Manning Graduate students in Dr. Monica Perales’s Research in Public History class search University of Houston archival records for exhibit items. These boxes represent a mere fraction of the physical and digital materials students considered over two semesters. Shown left to right, Stephon Boykin, Rahil Asgari, and Alec Story. Photo courtesy of Monica […]
20.2 Table of Contents – Agents of Change
Download the full pdf here 20.2 Letter from the Editor, Debbie Z. Harwell 2Not If, But When: Renu Khator and the Evolution of the University of HoustonBy Samantha de León7Burdette Keeland Jr.: “The Bird” Who Built a Better HoustonBy Robert Perla Ventura12Public Art of the University of Houston System: “Only Open to the Public”By Mercedes […]
20.1 Table of Contents, Innovative Thinkers in the Arts, Education & Politics
Download the full pdf here 20.1 Letter from the Editor, Debbie Z. Harwell 2John Lienhard – An Engine of Our IngenuityBy Cameron Thompson7The Legacy of Marguerite Ross Barnett: A Modern Vanguard in EducationBy Megan R. Dagnall12A Writer’s Hidden Gen in Houston: Arte Público PressBy Aileen Mendoza17Nancy Sims and Katy Caldwell Talk on Political Junkies and Poodle HairBy Max […]
Dr. Richard I. Evans and the Innovation of Educational Television
By Emily Vinson Psychology 231, a half-hour for-credit course, aired Monday through Friday for twelve weeks, reaching half of the area’s television owners– an estimated 20,000 viewers. The program proved so popular that viewers called Evans at home “day and night” to discuss the themes presented during the telecourse. Over the past two years, as […]