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The Little Known Ima Hogg: A Woman Ahead of Her Time
Monday, May 4, 2009 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM
Before she was to be known as “The First Lady of Texas,” and leading philanthropist of the 20th century, Ima Hogg was a little-known tomboy, horsewoman, and an adventurous college co-ed.
Rediscover the formative years of one of Texas History’s most respected women with historian, Dr. Virginia Bernhard. Virginia P. Bernhard joined UST in 1972, rising to the rank of Professor of History and Chair of the Department before retiring in 2006. She received her BA from Rice in 1959, an MA in 1961 from the University of Pennsylvania and a PhD from Rice in 1971. She served as the first director of the Women, Culture and Society program. Her areas of publications include colonial American history, Texas history, and the history of slavery in the British colony of Bermuda. Her published works include: Ima Hogg: The Governor’s Daughter (1984), The Birth of American Feminism: The Seneca Falls Woman’s Convention of 1848 (1995), among many others.
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Free and open to the public |
| Location |
Ahern Room, Crooker Center |
| Address |
3909 Graustark |
| Contact |
Fr. Ted Baenziger, C.S.B. at ejb@stthom.edu.
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| Sponsored By |
Department of Women, Culture, and Society and in part by the Departments of History and Irish Studies, and The Chapel Guild of UST |
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