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 …

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

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.

Photograph of a woman standing on the street corner in a neighborhood as sprinklers water a lawn.

Photograph of Mickey Book shooting a small gun in the middle of the woods.

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

Photograph of a giant metal mixer.

Photograph of a moss covered tree located in the middle of the woods.

Photograph of a string of lights that run across a Christmas tree lot.

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

Photograph of Mickey Book holding a key to his mouth while modeling a new hair cut.

Photograph of Mickey Book wearing a "knife through the head" headband.

Photograph of the open garage at the end of a neighborhood taken from on top of a hill.

Photograph of a single house surrounded by large farm land on the side of a country road.

Photograph of a large barrel laying on its side in the middle of the woods.

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

Photograph of a pile of wood in the middle of the woods.

Photograph of a power box located underneath a large bridge.

Photograph of a black cat looking up at the photographer.

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Photograph of the roof of a tiled house that's located at the edge of a lake surrounded by trees.