[Booklet: Annie Webb Blanton of Denton for the thirteenth congressional district]

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Campaign handbill for Texas female democratic suffragist Annie Webb Blanton for the thirteenth congressional district election to be held in the late spring and summer of 1922. The four page pamphlet includes a brief biography, a record of her work as state superintendent, statements from outside supporters, and critic counter points. The booklet includes her platform for congress which includes care for wounded soldiers from WWI, pro-prohibition, reduction of the military and navy, and pro-union.

Annie Webb Blanton (1870-1945) was an American suffragist, educator, and author of a series of grammar textbooks. Blanton was elected Superintendent of Texas Public Instruction in 1918, making her the first woman in Texas elected to statewide office. She was born in Houston and at 18 moved to Austin to attend classes at the University of Texas where she graduated in 1899 with a Bachelors of Literature. In 1901, Dr. Blanton began teaching English at North Texas Normal School in Denton, Texas where she remained for 17 years. The school is part of the now University of North Texas.

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Von Boeckman-Jones Co. 1922.

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Campaign handbill for Texas female democratic suffragist Annie Webb Blanton for the thirteenth congressional district election to be held in the late spring and summer of 1922. The four page pamphlet includes a brief biography, a record of her work as state superintendent, statements from outside supporters, and critic counter points. The booklet includes her platform for congress which includes care for wounded soldiers from WWI, pro-prohibition, reduction of the military and navy, and pro-union.

Annie Webb Blanton (1870-1945) was an American suffragist, educator, and author of a series of grammar textbooks. Blanton was elected Superintendent of Texas Public Instruction in 1918, making her the first woman in Texas elected to statewide office. She was born in Houston and at 18 moved to Austin to attend classes at the University of Texas where she graduated in 1899 with a Bachelors of Literature. In 1901, Dr. Blanton began teaching English at North Texas Normal School in Denton, Texas where she remained for 17 years. The school is part of the now University of North Texas.

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Von Boeckman-Jones Co. [Booklet: Annie Webb Blanton of Denton for the thirteenth congressional district], text, 1922; Austin Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1940694/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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