“(N)othing much happened in Texas until Jim Hightower was elected in 1983. He roared into office with a goal of improving family farmer’s opportunities to make a living. Farmers Market was seen as a tool to provide more of the value of the produce to the farmers and less to the dreaded middleman. It also provided healthier, tastier, and more […]
Women in Texas History
In recognition of Women’s History Month, People’s History in Texas celebrates the innumerable contributions of Texan women with our educational articles, documentaries, and podcasts. People’s History in Texas presents Talkin’ Union, a four-part oral history of four women who organized labor unions in Texas in the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. The women are Alberta Snid, participant in the 1938 Pecan […]
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Pecan Shellers Strike
Steven Harrigan’s New Book on Texas Steven Harrigan published an excerpt from his new and highly anticipated book, Big Wonderful Thing, in the Literary Hub. In it, he tells a story about the Pecan Shellers Strike in 1938, and mentions Emma Tenayuca, and Latane Lambert. He tells the story quickly and well. Further material on the Pecan Shellers Strike […]
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Talkin’ Union: Texas Women Workers
history of pecan shellers strike and Dallas garment workers union
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Publishing Plans
New Journalism Project is collaborating with People’s History in Texas (PHIT) to re-publish two books. As a new generation of activists take on gentrification and find inspiration in the history of women who organized before they were born, these books will find new audiences. Clarksville: Whose Community? by Jennifer Sharpe was first published in 1982 and chronicles an important fight against gentrification […]
Talkin’ Union (1979)
“Talkin’ Union” is a four-part oral history of four women who organized labor unions in Texas in the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. The women are Alberta Snid, participant in the 1938 Pecan Shellers Strike in San Antonio, the largest strike in the Southwest during this period; Charlotte Graham, leader of the 1935 Dallas garment worker strike and member of the […]