Photograph of a portrait of Judge Sarah T. Hughes done by Dorothy Barta, held by UNT Special Collections. The portrait is a painting of a woman with short cropped hair wearing a black judges robe and two pearl necklaces, while sitting on a red chair, her arm propped on the chairs arm and her hands propped on a book. Judge Sarah T. Hughes (1896-1985) is best known for swearing in Lyndon B. Johnson, to the U.S. presidency after John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963. She began her career as a lawyer in Dallas, when she joined her first firm in 1923. During that time she served three terms in the Texas House of Representatives, as one of the first females elected after women’s suffrage. In 1935, Hughes was appointed the first female district judge in Texas, and was elected seven times after her initial appointment. In 1961, after being denied nomination to a federal judgeship because of her age, sixty-five, Hughes called on the Texas Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Club to take on a letter-writing campaign in support of her candidacy, which led to President John F. Kennedy appointing her later that year. Among her most notable decisions …

Photograph of Boycott Grapes and Viva La Mujer buttons, held by UNT Special Collections. The Boycott Grapes button is black with an orange circle in the middle and a black bird graphic. The Viva La Mujer button has a white symbol for women on it, a black bird graphic inside it. Another Boycott Grapes Button is red with a black bird graphic in the middle. Dr. Gloria Contreras (1947-) was recruited to work at the University of North Texas in 1987 because of her strong background in multicultural and social studies education. Her passion was teaching social studies with a global perspective, and furthering the place of women and minorities in education, teaching and scholarship. In 1989, she was appointed the first Director of the Office of Minority Affairs (now the Office of Multicultural Affairs), where she was tasked to create a plan to recruit and retain minority students and faculty. Contreras co-authored some of the leading K-6 social studies textbooks published by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill, served as the Executive Editor of The Social Science, a national journal for educators, and was elected Director of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. In 2002, Contreras was honored as a Latina Living …

Photograph of Moon Goddess by Victoria Lisi, held by UNT Special Collections. The illustration is of a blond wavy haired woman in the middle of stars in the sky, a moon at the bottom of the page. The illustration is in a frame. Victoria (Poyser) Lisi (1949-) is a prolific artist and illustrator for science fiction and fantasy publications. After receiving her BFA from Evergreen State College, she began submitting art to sci-fi magazines for publication, and eventually won two Hugo Awards for Best Fan Artist in 1981 and 1982. Her first published artworks appeared in issues of the sci-fi magazines Galaxy and Weirdbook in 1978, while her first book cover was for Piers Anthony’s Double Exposure published in 1982. After marrying artist Julius Lisi in 1987, she began working more on collaborations with him, and changed her focus from cover art to illustrating children’s books and creating fine art.

Photograph of Sarah T. Hughes' personal chair, held by UNT Special Collections. The chair is velvet red with a brown wooden base. Judge Sarah T. Hughes (1896-1985) is best known for swearing in Lyndon B. Johnson, to the U.S. presidency after John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963. She began her career as a lawyer in Dallas, when she joined her first firm in 1923. During that time she served three terms in the Texas House of Representatives, as one of the first females elected after women’s suffrage. In 1935, Hughes was appointed the first female district judge in Texas, and was elected seven times after her initial appointment. In 1961, after being denied nomination to a federal judgeship because of her age, sixty-five, Hughes called on the Texas Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Club to take on a letter-writing campaign in support of her candidacy, which led to President John F. Kennedy appointing her later that year. Among her most notable decisions as a federal judge were Roe v. Wade, 1970 (the legalization of abortion in the United States), Shultz v. Brookhaven General Hospital, 1969 (equal pay for equal work for women), and Taylor v. Sterrett, 1972 (upgrading prisoner …