By Debbie Z. Harwell “Women like her made women like me.” —Debbie Sokol, award-winning volleyball player, coach, and trainer. Sue Garrison, the University of Houston’s first director of women’s physical education and women’s athletics (1945-1979), was ahead of her time, creating opportunities for women long before Title IX. Photo courtesy of the TWU Libraries Woman’s […]
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Altering the Fine Edge of Respectability: Business Women in Houston, 1880-1920
To read the full text of this article by Anne Sloan that appeared in the Fall 2003 issue of Houston History, download the pdf version.