“I co-founded People’s History in Texas in 1976 to bring to life stories of ordinary people and significant social and political movements.“ Melissa Hield is PHIT’s executive director. A founding member of PHIT, she also serves on the board. In 2019 she retired as an executive at a Texas state agency where she specialized in strategic, business, and project planning. […]
Women In Texas History Calendar
In 1976, People’s History in Texas, Inc. created a calendar of Texas women’s history. It was the first of its kind and was rudimentary as the research had to be done using card catalogues and sweeps through old and crinkly newspapers. It was a first and rudimentary effort. But PHIT has digitized the calendar and it is now available on […]
Building Hope: The New Deal and Texas Farms (2007)
During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the U.S. Government created many programs to help unemployed Americans. The Building Hope video documentary tells the story of three different communities that were built in Texas through support from President Roosevelt’s administration to address widespread poverty among tenant farmers and sharecroppers. In “Ropesville”, original settlers tell the story of building a farm […]