Hispanic Heritage Matters hosts a one-day symposium dedicated to Texas women prior to statehood (1845). The symposium is scheduled for March 18, 2022 at the Norris Conference Center, San Antonio, Texas.
Five presentations, focused on exploring the challenges and accomplishments of Texas women from the thousands of years prior to Spanish colonization through the Spanish colonial-, Mexican-, and Republic of Texas-eras. Here are the list of presenters and their presentation summaries:
Presenters – Karla Aguilar & Linda Ximenes, American Indians of Texas at the Spanish Colonial Missions
Presentation Title & Summary:
Exploring the untold stories of Indigenous Women in Texas History Pre-1845
Through perennial family customs, land-based spiritual practices, and culturally regenerative strategies, Indigenous women across South Texas continue to re-assemble Indigenous history of South Texas. Through the exercise of birthright, activating ancestral ties, and regenerating expanded kinship systems, Indigenous women restore their function as cultural bearers in South Texas from past to present.
Presenter: Dr Francis Galan, Texas A&M San Antonio
Presentation Title & Summary:
Founding Mothers & Daughters: Forgotten Pioneers of the Texas-Louisiana Borderlands
Re-establishment of the Spanish presence in East Texas would not have been possible without women and children who are overlooked in the history of Tejas.
Presenter: Louis Benavides, Los Bexareños Genealogical and Historical Society
Presentation Title & Summary:
The Failures, Successes of the Republic of the North and its Consequences on the Women of Texas after the Battle of Medina
The Consequences of the Battle of Medina and the terrible sacrifice that the women had to endure after their men’s choices for freedom.
Presenter: Anthony Delgado, Hispanic Heritage Matters
Presentation Title & Summary: Women Slaves and Slave Owners: Manumission in Spanish Colonial Texas
Genealogical exploration of subjects in a Bexar Archives document reveals insight into the life and times of Spanish colonial slaves, the slave owners, and a connection to the Alamo Cenotaph.
Presenter: Dr Amy Porter, Texas A&M San Antonio
Presentation Title & Summary:
Monitoring Marriage: Women and Adultery Cases in Spanish Béxar
Adultery cases offer deep insight into women’s experiences in marriage and in relationships (real and imagined) outside of marriage in San Fernando de Béxar in Spanish Texas.
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