Title That woman : the making of a Texas feminist / Nikki R. Van Hightower ; foreword by Nancy Baker Jones and Cynthia J. Beeman

Edition First edition Published College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 151 pages) : illustrations Series Women in Texas history Women in Texas history series. Contents A Dollar a Year -- Family -- Education -- Women's Advocate -- International Women's Year -- A Short Media Career -- Houston Area Women's Center -- Electoral Politics -- Teaching Summary "When Nikki R. Van Hightower stepped into the position of Women's Advocate for the City of Houston in 1976, she quickly discovered that she had very little real power. And when the all-male city council cut her salary to $1 a year after she spoke at a women's rights rally, she gained full appreciation for just what she was up against. Nonetheless, before the job was abolished altogether two years later, Van Hightower went on to help orchestrate the enormously successful US National Women's Conference in Houston, to help found the Houston Area Women's Center and establish its rape crisis and shelter programs, and to host a radio show where she publicly discussed issues of gender, race, and human rights. This eye-opening memoir offers a window into the world of Texas history and politics in the 1970s, where sexual harassment was not considered discrimination, where women's shelters did not exist, where no women were elected to city government, where women in the parks department were prohibited from working outdoors, and where women paid to use airport toilets while men did not. That world that may seem distant and slightly unreal today, so all the more reason to read Van Hightower's journey as a feminist. Her story will remind us that while much has been achieved in gender relations and women's rights, there is much that remains to be done"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 20, 2020) Subject Hightower, Nikki Van, 1939- SUBJECT Hightower, Nikki Van, 1939- Subject Feminists -- Texas -- Houston -- Biography Women politicians -- Texas -- Houston -- Biography Politicians -- Texas -- Houston -- Biography Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs. History / Women. Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory. Feminists Politicians Politics and government Women politicians SUBJECT Houston (Tex.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century Subject Texas -- Houston Genre/Form Electronic books autobiographies (literary works) Autobiographies Biographies Autobiographies. Autobiographies. Form Electronic book LC no. 2019046666 ISBN 9781623498818 1623498813

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