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Irma Rangel and Women in Texas History. 

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Irma Rangel, in 1976, was the first Mexican American woman elected to the Texas House of Representatives. After graduating from Texas A&I in 1952, she became a teacher in Venezuela. In 1964, she returned to the U.S. to teach in California, where she wrote a book, How To Teach Spanish in the Elementary Grades. She eventually decided to become a lawyer and attended St. Mary's Law School in San Antonio.

After law school, she accepted a job as assistant district attorney in Corpus Christi, insisting that she be paid the same as her male counterparts. Rangel opened her own law office in Kingsville and became interested in local politics.

She won the race for Democratic county chairperson, then decided to run for the Texas Legislature after encouragement from people involved in the Texas Women's Political Caucus and the causes of Mexican American women.

For the next 20 years, Irma Rangel made the concerns of women, children, and the poor the focus of her work in the Texas House of Representatives. She passed legislation providing educational and employment programs to help mothers on welfare find a way to support themselves, creating centers for victims of domestic abuse, helping business people donate food to the poor, extending the absentee voting system, and improving education. In 1994, she was elected to the Texas Women's Hall of Fame.

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Written by Nancy Baker Jones and Tiffany J. González
Read by Jacqueline Jones

The first Tejana elected to the Texas House of Representatives, Irma Rangel was born in Kingsville in 1931 to field workers who emphasized the importance of social justice and education, thereby influencing her lifelong commitment to public service. She participated in farm workers' marches in the 1960s and worked as a teacher and a principal. After becoming a lawyer, she was assistant district attorney in Corpus Christi, insisting on equal pay before she took the job. She then opened her own law practice, got involved in local politics, and became chair of the Kleberg County Democratic Party.

In 1975, Chicana members of the Texas Women's Political Caucus urged Rangel to run for the Legislature and helped fund her campaign, as did female farm workers. She defeated an opponent supported by the powerful King Ranch and served in the House for over 25 years. Her legislation aided low-income students and the elderly, provided employment opportunities to mothers on welfare, and created the College of Pharmacy at Texas A&M University Kingsville. Although a Catholic, she supported women's reproductive rights. In the 1990s, she was elected to the Texas Women's Hall of Fame and became chair of the House Higher Education Committee.

Rangel is best known for her landmark bill transforming Texas higher education by guaranteeing college admission to high school students in the top 10 percent of their graduating classes. Irma Rangel died of cancer in 2003.
Resources
Acosta, Teresa Palomo and Ruthe Winegarten, Las Tejanas: 300 Years of History. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2003.

Jeffrey, Britney, "Rangel, Irma Lerma" Handbook of Texas Online ( https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fra85), accessed December 30, 2015. Uploaded on June 15, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

Jones, Nancy Baker and Ruthe Winegarten, Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2000.
Biography Source Information
Biographies are reprinted from the Foundation for Women's Resources (now Women's Resources), Dallas, Texas. They originally appeared in "From Gutsy Mavericks to Quiet Heroes: True Tales of Texas Women," video study guide, Austin: The Foundation for Women's Resources, 1997. Death dates have been added where needed.
Audio Source Information
Our project, "Texas Women's History Moments," received the 2012 National Council on Public History Outstanding Public History Award and the American Association for State and Local History Leadership in History Award. The audio clips were broadcast on KUT radio from 2011-2016 during Women's History Month.

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Rangel, in 1976, was the first Mexican American woman elected to the Texas House of Representatives. After graduating from Texas A&I in 1952, she became a teacher in Venezuela. In 1964, she returned to the U.S. to teach in California, where she wrote a book, How To Teach Spanish in the Elementary Grades.

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Thurgood Marshall for Kids. YouTube Video

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This video contains content that covers life events of Thurgood Marshall. This YouTube video can be used to give students a better understanding of him. It can also be used to further gain ideas for additional research for creating a graphic organizer or timeline.

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Thurgood Marshall for Kids | Supreme Court Justice and Civil Rights Leader

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Thurgood Marshall's unique Supreme Court legacy. 

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Facts about Thurgood Marshall's unique Supreme Court legacy. This website includes detailed information of events that could be used to create a timeline. These facts could be used to create a graphic organizer with his contributions.

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On August 30, 1967, the Senate confirmed Thurgood Marshall as the first African-American to serve as a Supreme Court Justice. Marshall was no stranger to the Senate or the Supreme Court at the time.

Marshall was confirmed in a 69-11 floor vote to join the Court. He had previously been confirmed by the Senate twice for two other government positions, first when Marshall was confirmed as a federal judge in the Kennedy administration and then as Solicitor General for President Lyndon Johnson.

President Johnson nominated Marshall in June 1967 to replace the retiring Justice Tom Clark, who left the Court after his son, Ramsey Clark, became Attorney General. Johnson said Marshall was "best qualified by training and by very valuable service to the country. ... I believe it is the right thing to do, the right time to do it, the right man and the right place."

As a long-time civil rights litigator for the NAACP, Marshall had won most of the cases he argued in front of the Supreme Court in that capacity. Arguably his biggest win was the case of Brown v. Board of Education (1954), one of the true landmark decisions in the Court's history, which invalidated the concept of segregation at public schools under the Fourteenth Amendment. "This Court should make it clear that that is not what our Constitution stands for," Marshall argued successfully.

Marshall's confirmation hearing met with some resistance from southern senators who were concerned about his liberal track record. The majority of Senators in the Judiciary Committee reported that Marshall "demonstrated those qualities which we admire in members of our highest judicial tribunal: thoughtfulness, care, moderation, reasonableness, a judicial temperament, and a balanced approach to controversial and complicated national problems."

Five Senators, including Sam Ervin, a Democrat from North Carolina, didn't recommend Marshall's nomination. "It is clearly a disservice to the Constitution and the country to appoint a judicial activist to the Supreme Court at any time," wrote Ervin in the committee's report.

The actual debate and full floor vote on August 30, 1967, took about six hours, with the discussion focused on Marshall's character and the conservative Senators' concerns over Marshall as a liberal jurist and attorney. After he was finally approved by the Senate, Marshall then took two oaths, one in September 1967 and another in early October 1967 when he first joined the bench.

On the Court, Marshall was a member of the bench's liberal wing. He served 24 years on the Court before retiring in 1991.

After Marshall's death in 1993, the Court approved a special resolution honoring Marshall. "The great majority of Supreme Court Justices are almost always remembered for their contributions to constitutional law as a member of this Court. Justice Marshall, however, is unique because of his contributions to constitutional law before becoming a member of the Court were so significant," wrote Chief Justice William Rehnquist. "Inscribed above the front entrance to this Court building are the words, 'Equal Justice Under Law.' Surely no individual did more to make these words a reality than Thurgood Marshall."

Filed Under: Article III, Supreme Court, Article III, Section 1

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On August 30, 1967, the Senate confirmed Thurgood Marshall as the first African-American to serve as a Supreme Court Justice. Marshall was no stranger to the Senate or the Supreme Court at the time. Marshall was confirmed in a 69-11 floor vote to join the Court.

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The content in this video covers life events of Theodore Roosevelt. It  can be used to give students a better understanding of him. It could also be used to further gain ideas for additional research for creating a timeline or chart. (See link below)

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Theodore Roosevelt: Youngest U.S. President & Nobel Peace Prize Winner | Mini Bio | BIO

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Learned facts about Irma Rangel to help teach the lesson: She was the first Mexican American to be elected to the House of Representatives. She had a dream to create more equal treatment and acceptance for Mexican Americans. She also became a teacher then went on to become a lawyer. She also grew up in Texas.

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Learned facts about Thurgood Marshall to help teach the lesson: He was born in 1908 during a time of segregation. He was known for fighting to solve unfair treatment. He was a lawyer and a civil rights leader. He was the first African American in the Supreme Court Justice. He is known for the case called, “Brown V. Board of Education” which ended segregated schools.

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Learned facts about Theodore Roosevelt to help teach the lesson: He was, born on October 27th, 1858. He was young, modern, studied politics and famous for attaching of Kettle Hill. He became President of the United States in 1904.

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2.2 History. The student understands how historical figures helped shape the community, state, and nation. The student is expected to:

(A) identify contributions of historical figures, including Thurgood Marshall, Irma Rangel, and Theodore Roosevelt, who have influenced the state and nation;

(B) describe how people and events have influenced local community history.

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Step 1) The big concept of the TEKS:

Identify and describe.

Step 2) The specific content the lesson will focus on using a graphic organizer or a timeline chart to apply knowledge to identify and describe individuals who have influenced the state, our nation, and the local community. The content will also focus on Theodore Roosevelt, Thurgood Marshall, and Irma Rangel.

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I can identify three individuals who have influenced the state and nation by completing a graphic organizer with their contributions.

I can describe events involving Theodore Roosevelt and how they have influenced the local community history by creating a timeline chart.

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I chose this virtual tour because it can give students an insight view of the life of Theodore Roosevelt.

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Virtual Tour - Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)

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The webpage overs 10 little-known facts about President Theodore Roosevelt. Within these listed facts is events that could be used to create a timeline. Also, these facts could be used to make a graphic organizer about his contributions.

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Theodore Roosevelt was one of most dynamic Presidents in White House history, and on the occasion of his birthday, here are 10 fascinating facts about the 26th President.

Roosevelt came from a wealthy New York family, but he didn't take an easy path through life. Born on October 27, 1858 in Manhattan, Roosevelt survived the tragedy of losing his wife and his own mother to illness on the same day in 1884, an assassination attempt in 1912, and an extremely dangerous military charge in Cuba in 1898.

The former President passed away in 1919 at the age 60 from a blood clot that had lodged in his heart. He had been in declining health for several years.

Here are some interesting facts about the most dynamic of American Presidents.

1. As a child, Roosevelt witnessed the Abraham Lincoln funeral procession. There is a photo of the young Roosevelt perched in a window watching the procession in New York City in April 1865 that surfaced in the 1950s. Young TR and his brother were at his grandfather's mansion.

2. Theodore Roosevelt had a really, really good memory. Roosevelt claimed he had a photographic memory, but it is a statement that can't be easily proven today. But biographer and historian Edmund Morris cited several documented cases where Roosevelt was able to recite obscure poetry and other content well over a decade after he read the documents.

3. What's the deal with how the Roosevelts were related? Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt were fifth cousins. Eleanor Roosevelt was Theodore's niece. And Uncle Theodore presented the bride at Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt's wedding.

4. The Republican leaders really didn't want Roosevelt as President. As a young Bull Moose Republican in politics, TR had angered top GOP honchos by refusing to appoint Republicans to bureaucratic positions. Party bosses Mark Hanna and Thomas Platt were able to "kick Roosevelt upstairs" as the vice presidential nominee in 1900 for the incumbent President, William McKinley. Roosevelt agreed because he was thinking of running for President in 1904. No one thought that Roosevelt would take over for McKinley later in 1901.

5. Roosevelt was the first President to win a Nobel Peace Prize. As President, Roosevelt adopted an aggressive foreign policy, but he also saw America as deserving a role as a global peacemaker. In 1906, he convinced Japan and Russia to attend a peace conference in Portsmouth, New Hampshire to end their conflict. TR was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts. Roosevelt also settled a dispute between France and Germany over the division of Morocco.

6. Roosevelt was a prolific writer. Aided by his excellent memory and his always-high energy level, TR wrote about 35 books in his lifetime and an estimated 150,000 letters. And he did write an autobiography!

7. He was also the father of the modern U.S. Navy. To say Roosevelt was obsessed with naval power would be an understatement. As an undergrad at Harvard, Roosevelt's scholarship on the U.S. Navy during the War of 1812 is still cited today. He also served as the Undersecretary of the Navy as the conflict started with Cuba in 1898, and he sent the American navy on a worldwide tour in 1907 as a show of strength. And then there was his ultimate naval power achievement: the Panama Canal.

8. Roosevelt was a grad college dropout. While Roosevelt graduated from Harvard, he left law school at Columbia without receiving a degree. Roosevelt had become focused on local politics and lost interest in a legal career.

9. Roosevelt was blind in one eye after a boxing injury in the White House. The President continued with his hobby of boxing well into his presidency. He suffered a detached retina in a bout in 1908, and stopped fighting. He switched to jiu-jitsu instead.

10. What is the deal with the Teddy Bear? While on a hunting trip as President, guides in Mississippi had arranged for Roosevelt to shoot an old bear they had tied to a tree. Roosevelt refused to do so, on sporting grounds. (Instead, he had someone else shoot the bear.) The first part of the incident became a newspaper cartoon, which then inspired a shopkeeper to sell stuffed bears, with Roosevelt's permission.

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Theodore Roosevelt was one of most dynamic Presidents in White House history, and on the occasion of his birthday, here are 10 fascinating facts about the 26th President. Roosevelt came from a wealthy New York family, but he didn't take an easy path through life.