In this study the term "woman's movement" is defined as any advancement made by women, socially, economically, legally, or politically. In addition to information gathered from various collections, memoirs, diaries, and contemporary newspaper accounts of Louisiana women's activities, material from a number of pertinent secondary works is included. Chapter one gives a brief overview of the women's movement as it developed in America in the latter half of the 19th century. This is followed by a chapter on women in Louisiana before 1879- Evidence suggests that a number of Louisiana women shared a common bond with other southern women in longing for an emancipation from their limited role in society. The last six chapters are devoted to the woman's movement in the state, beginning in 1879 when women first dared to to speak out in public in behalf of women. After the Civil War, a large number of women were forced by post war conditions to depart from the traditional life-style of home and family and venture into public life. Liberated from their societal mold, women slowly expanded their sphere, going beyond the immediate need to provide a livelihood. Early women's organizations, temperance unions, church societies, and women's clubs, provided …

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

This report presents the results of ground water, stream water, and seam sediment reconnaissance in Arkansas, Louisiana, Missippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas.

Tabulated data presenting the results of elemental analyses for stream sediment samples taken from 1017 data collection sites in the state of Louisiana. Results of Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Elemental Determination-Methods and Detection Limits are given in ppm (see page 18 of report).

Map showing biological resources (aquatic organisms, terrestrial organisms, land use, etc.) in the Baton Rouge region of the Gulf of Mexico coast area. Scale 1:250,000.

Photograph of a black cat looking up at the photographer.

Topographic map of a portion of Texas and of Louisiana from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000

Map showing biological resources (aquatic organisms, terrestrial organisms, land use, etc.) in the Breton Sound region of the Gulf of Mexico coast area. Scale 1:250,000.

Photograph of a pillar holding up a small bridge over a larger bridge that runs over the Mississippi River.

Photograph of the Horace Wilkinson Bridge taken underneath a brightly cloudy sky.

Photograph of a broken couch resting outside the back porch of a house.

Photograph of a large canopy covering a garage with a bush lining the side of the home.

Photograph of a bell in front of a small white church.

Photograph of a clear field located in the middle of the woods.

Photograph of a dirt road that winds through the middle of the woods.

Photograph of a Dixie Beer can being held by the photographer.

Cropped photograph of a Dixie Beer can being held by the photographer.

Photograph of a large concrete drainage hole at the end of a lake.

Photograph of the inside of a drainage system that is near a creek.

Photograph of the backyard of a small farm house with a clothes line and garden.

Photograph of a giant metal mixer.