1830s
Charcila Cecilia Moore Morse (03 jun 1838 – 13 jun 1926 | Anahuac TX – Tampa FL) citrus farmer, pioneer educator, founded St. Anthony Catholic School (now the oldest parochial school in Florida)
1840s
Matilda Coxe Evans Stevenson (12 may 1849 – 24 jun 1915 | San Augustine TX – Oxon Hill MD) author, ethnologist, Zuni expert / researcher, Women’s Anthropological Society of America president, aka Tilly E. Stevenson
1850s
May Dickson Exall (14 aug 1859 – 28 sep 1936 | McKinney TX – Dallas TX) civic leader, clubwoman, arts activist, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts co-founder
1860s
1870s
Hortense Sparks Ward (20 jul 1872 – 05 dec 1944 | Matagorda TX – Houston TX) writer, lawyer, suffragist, pamphleteer, women’s rights activist, first female attorney admitted to Texas bar, first female registered voter in Harris County, Special Chief Justice of first woman’s Appellate Court of Texas
Clara McDonald Williamson (20 nov 1875 – 17 feb 1976 | Iredall TX – Dallas TX) self-taught painter, American Naïve artist
Lola Maverick Lloyd (24 nov 1875 – 25 jul 1944 | Castroville TX – Winnetka IL) author, pacifist, feminist, suffragist, social / political activist, co-founded Campaign for World Government, founding member of Woman’s Peace Party and Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom [WILPF]
Frances Daisy Emery Allen (05 sep 1876 – 07 dec 1958 | Kaufman County TX – Fort Worth TX) pioneering female physician, first female medical school graduate in Texas, one of first female physicians to practice in Tarrant County
Jane Yelvington McCallum (30 dec 1877 – 14 aug 1957 | LaVernia TX – Austin TX) author, suffrage / prohibition activist, longest-serving Secretary of State of Texas, one of first mothers to attend UTexas at Austin, first married woman to join UTA sorority
1880s
Lillian Bertha Jones Horace (29 apr 1880 – 06 aug 1965 | Jefferson TX – Fort Worth TX) writer, novelist, publisher, pioneering educator, one of two black female publishers in US before 1920
Gertrude Elzora Durden Rush (05 aug 1880 – 05 sep 1962 | Navasota TX – Des Moines IA) attorney, first African-American female lawyer in Iowa, National Bar Association co-founder
Olga Samaroff (08 aug 1880 – 17 may 1948 | San Antonio TX – New York NY) pianist, teacher, music critic, first woman to self-produce piano debut at Carnegie Hall, first music teacher broadcast on NBC television, autobiographical author, née Lucy Mary Agnes Hickenlooper
Mary Sabina Daggett Lake (11 nov 1880 – 01 mar 1955 | Fort Worth TX – Fort Worth TX) author, botanist, historian, educator, genealogist, folklorist, civic activist, songwriter, garden club movement leader, co-creator Fort Worth Botanic Garden
Minnie Fisher Cunningham (19 mar 1882 – 09 dec 1964 | New Waverly TX – New Waverly TX) politician, suffragist, League of Women Voters first executive secretary, Women’s National Democratic Club co-founder
Ima Hogg (10 jul 1882 – 19 aug 1975 | Mineola TX – London, England) heiress, philanthropist, arts patron / collector, aka The First Lady of Texas
Leonie von Meusebach-Zesch (27 nov 1882 – 07 jul 1944 | Mason County TX – Oakland CA) memoirist, social activist, pioneer dentist / dental surgeon, first mobile dental clinic innovator
Jessie Daniel Ames (02 nov 1883 – 21 feb 1972 | Palestine TX – Austin TX) suffragist, civil / social rights / anti-lynching activist
Clara Belle Drisdale Williams (29 oct 1885 – 03 jul 1994 | Plum TX – Chicago IL) first African-American graduate New Mexico State University
1890s
Katherine Anne Porter (15 may 1890 – 18 sep 1980 | Indian Creek TX – Silver Spring MD) poet, novelist, essayist, journalist, political activist, née Callie Russell Porter
Elizabeth [Bessie] Coleman (26 jan 1892 – 30 apr 1926 | Atlanta TX – Jacksonville FL) African-American, first black US female aviator, studied in France since US aviation schools did not allow black or female students
Waldine Amanda Tauch (28 jan 1892 – 31 mar 1986 | Schulenburg TX – San Antonio TX) sculptor
Alva Christine Ellisor (26 apr 1892 – 22 sep 1964 | Galveston TX – Galveston TX) author, geologist, researcher, one of first female stratigraphers in North America, known for contributions to fields of micro-paleontology / Gulf of Mexico geology
Christia Daniels Adair (22 oct 1893 – 31 dec 1989 | Victoria TX – Houston TX) teacher, suffragist, civil rights activist, executive secretary of Houston NAACP, co-founder of Harris County Democrats, first African–American woman elected to TX Democratic Executive Committee [refused to sit in protest], first female general board member of Methodist Episcopal Church
Corrine Mae Griffith (21 nov 1894 – 13 jul 1979 | Texarkana TX – Santa Monica CA) author, actress, producer
Francelia Billington (01 feb 1895 – 24 nov 1934 | Dallas TX – Glendale CA) silent film actress, cinematographer
Rose Dorothy Lewin Franken (28 dec 1895 – 22 jun 1988 | Gainesville TX – Tucson AZ) artist, author, playwright
Lois Fitzhugh Foster Blount (24 may 1896 – 02 sep 1980 | Huntsville TX – Nacodoches TX) teacher, historian, librarian, museum curator
Mae Elizabeth [Hope] Hampton (19 feb 1897 – 23 jan 1982 | Houston TX – New York NY) actress, producer, aspiring opera singer
Kathleen Blackshear (06 jun 1897 – 14 oct 1988 | Navasota TX – Navasota TX) artist, teacher, mentor, illustrator, Modernist painter, known for sensitive depictions of African-American subjects
Hazel Vaughn Leigh (27 jul 1897 – 27 apr 1995 | Fort Worth TX – Fort Worth TX) civic leader, philanthropist, founding director Fort Worth Boys Club, charter member American Legion Auxiliary and National Association of Social Workers
1900s
Phyllis Virginia [Bebe] Daniels (14 jan 1901 – 16 mar 1971 | Dallas TX – London, England) American-British singer, dancer, actress, film producer, cookbook author, BBC radio show co-host
Dorothy Wagner Puccinelli Cravath (19 dec 1901 – 24 may 1974 | San Antonio TX – Berkeley CA) WPA-era artist and muralist
Fay M. Jackson (08 may 1902 – 03 jun 1979 | Dallas TX – Los Angeles CA) journalist, columnist, founded news weekly Flash, cultural / international reporter, first credentialed African-American Hollywood correspondent
Gwendolyn Bennetta Bennett (08 jul 1902 -30 may 1981 | Giddings TX – West Reading PA) poet, short story writer, cultural commentator
Zelma Watson George (08 dec 1903 – 03 jul 1994 | Hearne TX – Shaker Heights OH) aka Zelmaa, opera singer, librettist, philanthropist, African-American expert / research specialist
Lenora Butler Rolla (04 mar 1904 – 29 jun 2001 | near Palestine / Neches TX – Fort Worth TX) educator, historian, civil rights leader, community activist, African-American, founded the Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society
Jean Vaughn Gilbert (11 nov 1904 – 02 dec 1975 | Texarkana TX – Honolulu HI) attorney, first female appointed Honolulu City-County Attorney, record-setting high academic scores at University of Southern California Law
Oveta Culp Hobby (19 jan 1905 – 16 aug 1995 | Killeen TX – Houston TX) attorney, politician, newspaper editor / vice-president, U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Women’s Army Corps first commanding officer
Frances Sanger Mossiker (09 apr 1906 – 09 may 1985 | Dallas TX – Dallas TX) historical / biographical novelist
Allene Rosalind Jeanes (19 jul 1906 – 11 dec 1995 | Waco TX – Urbana IL) author, essayist, presenter, patents recipient, chemical researcher, developed Dextran plasma replacement during Korean War
Dorothy Shoemaker McDiarmid (22 oct 1906 – 08 jun 1994 | Waco TX – Fairfax VA) teacher, real estate broker, Quaker activist, Virginia State legislator
Mary Ellen Bute (21 nov 1906 – 17 oct 1983 | Houston TX – New York NY) visual musician, pioneering animator, experimental filmmaker
Jessie Maye Smith (08 apr 1907 – 05 apr 2005 | Wilbarger County TX – Fort Worth TX) author, columnist, conservationist, self-taught ornithologist, aka The Bird Lady of Tarrant County
Hazel Harvey Peace (04 aug 1907 – 08 jun 2008 | Waco TX – Fort Worth TX) pioneering African-American educator, civil right activist, humanitarian
Elizabeth Nye Sorrell (04 feb 1909 – 15 jul 2007 | Laredo TX – San Antonio TX) teacher, journalist, social activist, political critic, society columnist
Mary Brian (17 feb 1906 – 30 dec 2002 | Corsicana TX – Del Mar CA) actress, portrait painter, born Louise Byrdie Dantzler
Mary Ammirato-Collins (03 apr 1908 – unknown | Hortense TX – unknown) poet, artist, enameller, librettist
Gertrude Abercrombie (17 feb 1909 – 03 jul 1977 | Austin TX – Chicago IL) avant-garde/surrealist painter, aka The Queen of the Bohemian Artists
Nell O’Day (22 sep 1909 – 03 jan 1989 | Prairie Hill TX – Los Angeles CA) actress, equestrian, playwright, screenwriter
1910s
Cleo Rickman Fitch (16 jun 1910 – 05 jan 1995 | Carlsbad TX – Manhattan NY) author, archaeologist, research focus on Roman lamps
Sarah Newcomb McClendon (08 jul 1910 – 08 jan 2003 | Tyler TX – Washington DC) journalist, memoirist, political reporter
Jean Howard (13 oct 1910 – 20 mar 2000 | Longview TX – Beverly Hills CA) author, actress, photographer, née Ernestine Mahoney
Margaret Hutchinson Rousseau (27 oct 1910 – 12 jan 2000 | Houston TX – Weston MA) chemical engineer, [after retirement] overseer of Boston Symphony Orchestra, first female member of American Institute of Chemical Engineers, designed first commercial penicillin production plant
Margo Jones (12 dec 1911 – 24 jul 1955 | Livingston TX – Dallas TX) author, stage director / producer, US regional theatre movement innovator
Electra Carlin (28 sep 1912 – 19 feb 2000 | Fort Worth TX – Fort Worth TX) art dealer, gallery owner, philanthropist, aka Dean of Fort Worth Art Dealers, first / longest-running private art gallery founded and operated by women
Dale Evans Rogers (31 oct 1912 – 07 feb 2001 | Uvalde TX – Apple Valley CA) singer, author, actress, memoirist, born Lucille Wood Smith
Electra Waggoner Biggs (08 nov 1912 – 23 apr 2001 | Fort Worth TX – Vernon TX) sculptor, socialite
Claudia Alta Taylor [Lady Bird] Johnson (22 dec 1912 – 11 jul 2007 | Karnack TX – West Lake Hills TX) journalist, social / cultural activist, US Presidential First Lady
Azellia White (03 jun 1913 – 15 sep 2019 | Gonzales TX – Houston TX) aviator, first female African-American to earn US pilot’s license, co-founded / co-managed Sky Ranch Flying Service for African-American pilots
Elaine Anderson Steinbeck (14 aug 1914 – 27 apr 2003 | Austin TX – New York NY) actress, memoirist, theater stage manager
Frances Kavanaugh (05 feb 1915 – 23 jan 2009 | Dallas TX – Encino CA) scriptwriter, art therapist, known for writing B-Westerns, aka Cowgirl of the Typewriter
Eloise Jarvis McGraw (09 dec 1915 – 30 nov 2000 | Houston TX – Portland OR) young adult novelist, children’s book author
Lydia Mendoza (21 may 1916 – 20 dec 2007 | Houston TX – San Antonio TX) Tejano singer / guitarist, National Medal of Arts recipient, aka La Alondra de la Frontera / Lark of the Border
Emma Tenayuca (21 dec 1916 – 23 jul 1999 | San Antonio TX – San Antonio TX) educator, labor leader, union organizer, peaceful political / civil rights activist, founded two international ladies’ garment workers unions
Anna Carter Gordon Davis (15 feb 1917 – 05 mar 2004 | Shannon TX – Fort Worth TX) Louisiana State First Lady, pioneering country / gospel singer
Dorian Elizabeth Leigh Parker (23 apr 1917 – 07 jul 2008 | San Antonio TX – Falls Church VA) autobiographical author, one of first US supermodels, founded first legal French modeling agency
Patricia Pauline C. Bienek Gallagher (18 aug 1917 – 16 jun 2006 | Lockhart TX – San Antonio TX) historical romance novelist
Janet Darnell Leach (15 mar 1918 – 12 sep 1997 | Grand Saline TX – Cornwall UK) studio potter, political activist, anthroposophist
Mary Kay Ash (12 may 1918 – 22 nov 2001 | Hot Wells TX – Dallas TX) author, businesswoman, autobiographer
Idanell Brill Connally (24 feb 1919 – 01 sep 2006 | Austin TX – Austin TX) author, philanthropist, First Lady of Texas, political / historical figure
Heloise Bowles Cruse (04 may 1919 – 28 dec 1977 | Fort Worth TX – San Antonio TX) Hints from Heloise author / originator / columnist
Valerie Elizabeth Bettis (20 dec 1919 – 26 sep 1982 | Houston TX – New York NY) modern dancer, stage director, choreographer
1920s
Ernestine Story Carr (22 apr 1920 – 06 oct 2013 | Wylie TX – Austin TX) artist, teacher, gardener, birdwatcher, watercolorist, political family member
Mary Elizabeth Sutherland Carpenter (01 sep 1920 – 20 mar 2010 | Salado TX – Austin TX) writer, feminist, former reporter, media advisor, speechwriter, political humorist, and public relations expert
Mary [Patricia] Plangman Highsmith (19 jan 1921 – 04 feb 1995 | Fort Worth TX – Locarno, Switzerland) novelist, short story writer, crime fiction author
Lila May Banks Cockrell (19 jan 1922 – 29 aug 2019 | Fort Worth TX – San Antonio TX) politician, WWII Navy WAVE, former San Antonio Texas Mayor, League of Women Voters activist / chapter president
Mary Evelyn Blagg Huey (19 jan 1922 – 27 jun 2017 | Wills Point TX – Denton TX) educator, English professor, president of Texas Woman’s University
Cyd Charisse (08 mar 1922 – 17 jun 2008 | Amarillo TX – Los Angeles CA) dancer, actress, memoirist, documentarian
Valree Fletcher Wynn (09 may 1922 – Rockwall TX) former educator, first African-American professor at Cameron University, first African-American on Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges
Liz Smith (02 feb 1923 – 12 nov 2017 | Fort Worth TX – Manhattan NY) author, journalist, memoirist, gossip columnist, cookbook writer, aka The Grand Dame of Dish
Ruth Carter Stevenson (19 oct 1923 – 06 jan 2013 | Fort Worth TX – Fort Worth TX) patron of arts, founder / first board president Amon Carter Museum of American Art
Adlene Harrison (19 nov 1923 – Dallas TX) politician, oral historian, first female and first Jewish mayor of Dallas
Etta Hulme (22 dec 1923 – 25 jun 2014 | Somerville TX – Arlington TX) editorial cartoonist
Doris Gwendolyn Willett Tate (16 jan 1924 – 10 jul 1992 | Houston TX – Palos Verdes CA) Crime Victims Rights Movement leader, mother of Manson murder victim Sharon Tate, Coalition on Victims’ Equal Rights [COVER] founder
Annette Greenfield Strauss (26 jan 1924 – 14 dec 1998 | Houston TX – Houston TX) author, fundraiser, philanthropist, community activist, homeless family advocate, Family Gateway visionary, second female / Jewish Mayor of Dallas
Byrd Baylor Schweitzer (28 mar 1924 – San Antonio TX) novelist, essayist, children’s picture book author
Mary Ellen Estill Rudin (07 dec 1924 – 18 mar 2013 | Hillsboro TX – Madison WI) author, essayist, mathematician, set-theoretic topology specialist
Ravenna Mathews Helson (13 feb 1925 – 02 oct 2020 | Austin TX – Corpus Christi TX) professor, research psychologist, focus on psychology of women and creativity, pioneer in the study of women’s lives, worked at Institute of Personality Assessment and Research [IPAR]
Anita Nanez Martinez (08 dec 1925 – Dallas TX) Mexican-American, social / youth activist, City Council member, founded Anita N. Martinez Ballet Folklorico and Anita Martinez Recreation Center
Lou Halsell Rodenberger (21 sep 1926 – 09 apr 2009 | Eastland County TX – Callahan County TX) author, journalist, college professor, Texas women writers’ biographer
Frances Tarlton [Sissy] Farenthold (02 oct 1926 – Corpus Christi TX) author, attorney, educator, politician, human rights activist
Martha Blackman (01 jan 1927 – Dallas TX) lutenist, Fulbright Scholar, academic writer, viola da gamba player, first American viol teacher and performer
Carolyn George d’Amboise (06 sep 1927 – 10 feb 2009 | Dallas TX – New York NY) prima ballerina, photographer, aka Tweety Bird
Janet Louise Swoboda Lunn (28 dec 1928 – 26 jun 2017 | Dallas TX – Ottawa, Ontario) American-Canadian children’s writer, first children’s author Chair of Writers’ Union of Canada
Myra Yvonne Chouteau (07 mar 1929 – 24 jan 2016 | Fort Worth TX – Oklahoma City OK) ballerina, one of the Five Moons Native American prima ballerinas
Georgianna Yvonne Young Clark (13 apr 1929 – 27 jan 2019 | Houston TX – Nashville TN) pioneering African-American female engineer, first female Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering at Howard U, first female master’s degree in Engineering Management from Vanderbilt U, first female professor in College of Engineering and Technology at Tennessee State University
Jean Porter Hester (15 jun 1929 – Big Spring TX) author, essayist, physician, professor, focus on cancer therapy research, co-developed computerized blood cell separator
Joanne Johnson King Herring (03 jul 1929 – Houston TX) socialite, diplomat, memoirist, philanthropist, businesswoman, political activist, former television talk show host
Katherine Marie Helmond (05 jul 1929 – 23 feb 2019 | Galveston TX – Los Angeles CA) director, tv / film / theater actress, Zen practitioner
1930s
Pauline Oliveros (30 may 1932 – 24 nov 2016 | Houston TX – Kingston NY) author, teacher, composer, memoirist, accordionist, deep listening advocate, electronic music pioneer
Anne Leaton (13 jul 1932 – 26 jan 2016 | Cleburne TX – Fort Worth TX)) poet, novelist, radio playwright, short story writer, former Fulbright Scholar
Carol Creighton Burnett (26 apr 1933 – San Antonio TX) writer, actress, comedian
Ella Lee (10 jun 1933 – 16 sep 2013 | Tyler TX – Los Angeles CA) operatic dramatic soprano
Dorothy Ann Willis Richards (01 sep 1933 – 13 sep 2006 | Lakeview TX – Austin TX) politician, governor, autobiographical author
Vivian Dorraine Liberto Distin (16 apr 1934 – 24 may 2005 | San Antonio TX – Ventura CA) painter, crafts artist, memoirist / autobiographical author
Karen Sharpe Kramer (20 sep 1934 – San Antonio TX) tv / film actress / producer, film library / foundation administrator
Rosa Ramirez Guerrero (14 nov 1934 – El Paso TX) artist, educator, historian, lecturer, Mexican-American, Catholic activist, aka The Dancing Missionary, focus on multicultural tapestry, founded International Folklorico Dance Group
Eloisa Garcia Tamez (02 mar 1935 – Cameron County TX) Lipan Apache nurse, lecturer, professor, civil rights leader, lecturer, retired US Army Nursing Corps officer, litigant / opponent of Texas-Mexico border wall
Lynn Sakowitz Wyatt (16 jul 1935 – Houston TX) heiress, socialite, philanthropist, patron of arts, taekwondo black belt, preventive health and wellness advocate
Judith M. LeBlanc (03 jan 1936 – Beaumont TX) author, teacher, psychologist, special education researcher
Barbara Charline Jordan (21 feb 1936 – 17 jan 1996 | Houston TX – Austin TX) politician, memoirist, civil rights movement leader, first Southern black female US Representative
Peggy Joan Maxie (18 aug 1936 – Amarillo TX) social worker, mental health counselor, former Washington State politician, first elected black female WA Representative
Carolyn Joan Clark Pollan (12 jul 1937 – Houston TX) educator, businesswoman, State politician
Jennie Elizabeth [J. E.] Franklin (10 aug 1937 – Houston TX) playwright
Diane Silvers Ravitch (01 jul 1938 – Houston TX) author, research professor, policy analyst, educational historian, former US Assistant Secretary of Education
Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey (31 aug 1938 – Dallas TX) novelist, journalist, playwright
Elizabeth [Betty] Sharp Adcock (16 sep 1938 – San Augustine TX) poet, professor, Guggenheim Fellow
Mary Fanett Wheeler (28 dec 1938 – Cuero TX) author, mathematician
Glenna Maxey Goodacre (28 aug 1939 – 13 apr 2020 | Lubbock TX – Santa Fe NM) author, sculptor, Sacagawea dollar obverse designer, created Vietnam Women’s Memorial in Washington DC
Linda West Eckhardt (29 sep 1939 – Hereford TX) editor, founder, publisher, culinary writer, cookbook author
Genevieve Vaughan (21 nov 1939 – Corpus Christi TX) author, feminist, expatriate, semiotician, peace activist, philanthropist
1940s
Helen Jeanette Erwin Donath (10 jul 1940 – Corpus Christi TX ) operatic soprano
Thelma Mothershed-Wair (29 nov 1940 – Bloomberg TX) African-American, civil rights activist, original Little Rock Nine member, home economics teacher, women’s / homeless survival skills mentor
Rosaura Sánchez (06 dec 1941 – San Angelo TX) critic, writer, editor, linguist, storyteller, focus on Chicano bilingualism
Kitty Gail Vetter Ferguson (16 dec 1941 – San Antonio TX) lecturer, biographer, science writer, former musician
Pat Mora (19 jan 1942 – El Paso TX) Latina-American poet, non-fiction author, public radio show host, children’s book writer
Gloria Feldt (13 apr 1942 – Temple TX) feminist author, speaker, commentator, women’s rights activist
Beryl Brintall Simpson (28 apr 1942 – Austin TX) author, professor emeritus in Department of Integrative Biology at University of Texas at Austin, past associate curator in Department of Botany at Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Jan Showers (02 may 1942 – Hillsboro TX) author, interior designer, antiques dealer
Dorothy Garlock (22 jun 1942 – 06 apr 2018 | Grand Saline TX – Clear Lake IA) historical romance novelist, aka Johanna Phillips, Dorothy Phillips, Dorothy Glenn
Nelle Irvin Painter (02 aug 1942 – Houston TX) artist, author, historian, former professor
Byron Katie (06 dec 1942 – Breckenridge TX) author, speaker, self-inquiry advocate, born Kathleen Mitchell
Jean Catherine Coulter (26 dec 1942 – Cameron County TX) romantic suspense / historical romance novelist
Marcelite J. Harris (16 jan 1943 – 07 sep 2018 | Houston TX – Miami FL) civil rights activist, first African-American female US Air Force General, NAACP Atlanta (GA) Branch treasurer
Norvell Kay Granger (18 jan 1943 – Greenville TX) author, politician
Sabra Moore (25 jan 1943 – Texarkana TX) artist, author, activist, focus on reinterpreting social / family / natural history through artist’s books / large-scale collaborative installations / sewn and constructed sculptures and paintings
Betsey Ross Wright (04 jul 1943 – Alpine TX) lobbyist, feminist, political consultant, prisoners’ rights advocate, capital punishment opponent
Kathryn [Kay] Bailey Hutchison (22 jul 1943 – Galveston TX) author, biographer, diplomat, politician, attorney, television correspondent, former Texas Senator, US Permanent Representative to NATO
Ann Wynia (29 sep 1943 – Fort Worth TX) former college lecturer, former state politician, former university regent, academic administrator, founded Block Nurse Program [now merged with Elderberry Institute] for in-home care of seniors
Vilma Socorro Martinez (17 oct 1943 – San Antonio TX) lawyer, civil rights activist, first female US Ambassador to Argentina
Susan D. Shaw (24 oct 1943 – Dallas TX) author, ocean conservationist, environmental health scientist
Diane Stanley (27 dec 1943 – Abilene TX) children’s author, illustrator, graphic artist
Jeri Lynn Mooney (28 jan 1944 – Marshall TX) aka Susan Howard, author, actress, political activist, screenwriter, member of Writers Guild of America
Meredith MacRae (30 may 1944 – 14 jul 2000 | Houston TX – Manhattan Beach CA) actress, producer, social activist, tv host / personality
Francis Ray (20 jul 1944 – 03 jul 2013 | Richland TX – Dallas TX) serial romance novelist
Linda Ellerbee (15 aug 1944 – Bryan TX) author, journalist, news anchor / reporter
Sally Angela Shelton-Colby (29 aug 1944 – San Antonio TX) diplomat, US Ambassador, former Fulbright Scholar
Elizabeth Garcie [Betty] Flores (28 dec 1944 – Laredo TX) businesswoman, first female Mayor of Laredo, driving force behind World Trade Bridge
Sarah Ragle Weddington (05 feb 1945 – Abilene TX) author, attorney, law professor, pro-choice advocate, former Texas representative, known for representing Jane Doe in Roe v. Wade
Elizabeth Moon (07 mar 1945 – McAllen TX) essayist, newspaper columnist, sci-fi / fantasy writer
Kathleen Neal Cleaver (13 may 1945 – Memphis TX) author, law professor, former Black Panther Party member
Linda Pearl Siegert Warren (02 jul 1945 – Brazos County TX) romance novelist
Linda Sue Cobb Bruckheimer (09 jul 1945 – Victoria County TX) editor, novelist, philanthropist
Joan Bray (16 sep 1945 – Lubbock TX) teacher, journalist, union leader, US Senator
Jo Ellen Bogart (20 oct 1945 – Houston TX) lyricist, US-Canadian, children’s book author
Jaclyn Smith (26 oct 1945 – Houston TX) actress, fashion designer, businesswoman, née Jacquelyn Ellen Smith
Angela Strehl (22 nov 1945 – Lubbock TX) impresario, Texas blues historian, blues singer-songwriter
Sarah Blaffer Hrdy (11 jul 1946 – Dallas TX) author, anthropologist, primatologist, filmmaker, affordable child care advocate
Laura Lane Welch Bush (04 nov 1946 – Midland TX) teacher, librarian, women’s health and wellness activist, former First Lady of Texas, former US First Lady
Margo Sappington (30 jul 1947 – Baytown TX) ballet dancer, choreographer
Marilyn Jean Buck (13 dec 1947 – 03 aug 2010 | Midland TX – Brooklyn NY) poet, author, convict, feminist, Marxist revolutionary
Isabella Russell-Ides (24 jan 1948 – Texas US) poet, playwright, memoirist
Sandra Lynn Brown (12 mar 1948 – Waco TX) thriller / romantic novelist, pen-names: Sandra Brown, Laura Jordan, Rachel Ryan, Erin St. Claire
Phylicia Ayers-Allen Rashad (19 jun 1948 – Houston TX) singer, actress, stage director
Charlotte Elkins (04 jul 1948 – Houston TX) aka Emily Spencer, mystery novelist co-author
Margaret JoBeth Williams (06 dec 1948 – Houston TX) director, tv / film / stage actress
Diane [Dee] Mosbacher (13 jan 1949 – Houston TX) psychiatrist, professor, lesbian feminist activist, founded non-profit Woman Vision, documentary film director and producer, founded Mosbacher Fund for Media Studies and the Mosbacher / Gartrell Center for Media Experimentation and Activism
Jackie Diamond Hyman Wilson (03 apr 1949 – Menard TX) former reporter / columnist, romance / fantasy / horror / mystery novelist, aka Jacqueline Diamond, Jacqueline Topaz, Jacqueline Jade, Jackie Hyman, Jackie Diamond Hyman
Phyllis George (25 jun 1949 – Denton TX) author, sportscaster, art collector, arts and crafts museum founder
Shelly Alexis Duvall (07 jul 1949 – Houston TX) former actress, writer, singer, comedian, producer
Sharon Hall Robinson (02 dec 1949 – Houston TX) classical concert cellist
Marie Harriet Brenner (15 dec 1949 – San Antonio TX) author, memoirist, investigative journalist, magazine writer-at-large
Wanda Garner Cash (21 dec 1949 – Laredo TX) author, speaker, journalist, commentator, expert witness, media advisor, open government activist / advocate
1950s
Deborah Kaye [Debbie] Allen (16 jan 1950 – Houston TX) actress, dancer, tv producer, tv / film director, choreographer, member US President’s Committee on the Arts
Swanee Hunt (01 may 1950 – Dallas TX) professor, non-fiction author, former US Ambassador, founding director of Women & Public Policy Program at Kennedy School
Kathy Vargas (23 jun 1950 – San Antonio TX) collage artist, photographer, art lecturer
Signe Wilkinson (25 jul 1950 – Wichita Falls TX) author, editorial cartoonist, first female to win Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Cartooning
Louella [Katy] Moffatt (19 nov 1950 – Fort Worth TX) vocalist, musician, lyricist, composer, acoustic guitarist
Teresa Gutierrez (06 jan 1951 – Bexar TX) author, lesbian, immigrant rights activist, International Action Center coordinator
Gail Caldwell (20 jan 1951 – Amarillo TX) book critic, columnist, memoirist, Pulitzer Prize winner for Criticism
Melba [J. T.] Jean Trinidad Vasquez (27 feb 1951 – San Marcos TX) author, psychologist, former and first Latina president of American Psychological Association (APA), ethics in psychotherapy and counseling specialist
Deborah Byrd (01 mar 1951 – San Antonio TX) science journalist, astronomy radio series co-host / producer
Linda Finch (13 mar 1951 – San Antonio TX) author, aviator, builder, businesswomen, spokesperson, elders and children’s advocate, replicated flight of Amelia Earhart / recorded as one of first large educational internet program
Santa Barraza (07 apr 1951 – Kingsville TX) author, Chicana artist, retablo-style painter
Ponce Kiah Marchelle Heloise Cruse Evans(15 apr 1951 – Waco TX) columnist, aka Heloise, lifestyle author / speaker
Lynn R. Goldman (24 apr 1951 – Galveston TX) author, pediatrician, epidemiologist, public health physician, former professor of environmental health
Lynda Suzanne Robinson (06 jul 1951 – Amarillo TX) historical / romance / mystery novelist, anthologist, PhD in anthropology, pen-names Linda A. Robinson and Suzanne Robinson
Judith Lee Ivey (04 sep 1951 – El Paso TX) actress, theater director
Alex Finlayson (04 dec 1951 – Tyler TX) playwright
Karen T. Taylor (06 mar 1952 – Fort Worth TX) author, art educator, forensic artist, fine art portrait sculptor, facial identification specialist
Mary Anita Thigpen Perry (05 may 1952 – Haskell TX) nurse, health care advocate, political family member, namesake for two nursing endowments, longest-serving First Lady of Texas (2000-2015)
Jody Deming (02 jun 1952 – Houston TX) essayist, researcher, professor of oceanography, co-founded University of Washington Astrobiology Extremophile Laboratory
Deborah Darden Crombie (06 jun 1952 – Dallas TX) mystery / romance novelist
Marianne Williamson (08 jul 1952 – Houston TX) author, speaker, inspirational motivator, founded Project Angel Food, co-founded The Peace Alliance
Janet Eager Krueger (27 aug 1952 – San Antonio TX) artist, educator, rancher, specialist in large-scale oil paintings of Texas ranching life
Lisa Gracia Tuttle (16 sep 1952 – Houston TX) editor, non-fiction author, sci-fi / horror novelist, short story writer, pen names: Maria Palmer, Ben M. Baglio, Lucy Daniels, Laura Waring
Eileen Wilks (03 nov 1952 – Monahans TX) romance / urban fantasy / paranormal romance serial novelist
Sarah Glasscock (04 nov 1952 – El Paso TX) short fiction / education writer
Gloria DeLeon (16 dec 1952 – McAllen TX) author, professor, consultant, Latino activist, founder / president National Hispanic Institute
Cynthia Mulrow (23 may 1953 – Edinburg TX) editor, scholar, essayist, physician, professor, research focuses on systematic reviews / research methodology / chronic medical conditions
Angela Salinas (06 dec 1953 – Alice TX) retired US Marine general, first woman to command a Marine Corps Recruit Depot, first US Hispanic woman Marine general
Cheryl L. Shavers (26 dec 1953 – San Marcos TX) author, chemist, expert in semi-conductors, radio host / talk show producer, founder / CEO Global Smarts strategy consultancy company, former Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology
Celestine Beyincé-Lawson [Tina Knowles] (04 jan 1954 – Galveston TX) fashion designer, businesswoman, founded House of Deréon
Minerva Garza Carcaño (20 jan 1954 – Edinburg TX) author, interfaith activist, immigration reform advocate, LGBT rights activist, first female Hispanic United Methodist minister
Suzanne Deal Booth (17 feb 1954 – Dallas TX) vintner, art advocate, art collector, arts advisor, philanthropist, created Suzanne Deal Booth art prize, founder / director Friends of Heritage Preservation [FOHP]
Sue Ellen Brown (08 mar 1954 – Tyler TX) artist, illustrator, portrait painter, lyrical nonobjective abstractionist, collectible card game illustrator
Cheryl Lynn [Cherry] Boone (07 jul 1954 – Denton TX) singer, writer, author, aka Cherry O’Neill, anorexia awareness advocate
Carleton [Carly] Fiorina (06 sep 1954 – Austin TX) memoirist, groundbreaking CEO / businesswoman, née Cara Carleton Sneed
Suzy Spencer (23 sep 1954 – Lufkin TX) author, journalist, true crime writer
Gail Vittori (07 oct 1954 – Austin TX) author, sustainable designer / planner
Norma V. Cantu (02 nov 1954 – Brownsville TX) law professor, civil rights lawyer, former English teacher, Mexican-American rights activist
Catherine Jean Crier (06 nov 1954 – Dallas TX) lawyer, television journalist, non-fiction author, former elected state judge
Dee-Deborah [Rachel] Martin (14 dec 1954 – Austin TX) writer, painter, musician, printmaker, draftswoman, performance artist
Nancy A. Moran (21 dec 1954 – Dallas TX) author, professor, evolutionary biologist, co-founder of Yale Microbial Diversity Institute
Lily Eskelsen Garcia (01 may 1955 – Fort Hood TX) teacher, lyricist, columnist, trade union leader
Rachel Livia Elizondo McLish (21 jun 1955 – Harlingen TX) author, actress, female bodybuilding champion, compassionate conservative Christian
Gail Giles (24 sep 1955 – Galveston TX) young-adult novelist
Betsy Dehaas Holden (19 oct 1955 – Lubbock TX) businesswoman, corporate director
Joni Patry (08 nov 1955 – Dallas TX) author, teacher, Vedic astrologer, founder / director of Galactic Center
Barbara Kay Bracher Olson (27 dec 1955 – 11 sep 2001 | Houston TX – Arlington VA) author, attorney, tv commentator, former US Federal Prosecutor, 9/11 victim at US Pentagon
Denise DuBarry (06 mar 1956 – 23 mar 2019 | Killeen TX – Los Angeles CA) yogini, film producer, social activist, philanthropist, infomercial pioneer
Donna Wick (14 apr 1956 – Texas City TX) author, speaker, publisher, talk radio host, media expert
Lisa Niemi Swayze (26 may 1956 – Houston TX) writer, dancer, actress, director
Jean Allison Stuntz (08 apr 1957 – Orange TX) author, historian, women’s studies professor
Eloise Broady DeJoria (13 may 1957 – Houston TX) actress, producer, philanthropist, business owner
Cecile Richards (15 jul 1957 – Waco TX) essayist, memoirist, pro-choice activist, past president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, president of Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Ford Foundation board member
Lori Singer (06 nov 1957 – Corpus Christi TX) cellist, actress, documentary film producer
Carolyn Ann [Callie] Khouri (27 nov 1957 – San Antonio TX) Syrian-American feminist lecturer, tv / film director, producer, screenwriter
Deborah Scaling Kiley (21 jan 1958 – 13 aug 2012 | Throckmorton TX – San Miguel de Allende, Mexico) author, sailor, author, speaker, businesswoman, first US woman to complete Whitbread Round the World Race
Brenda Cherry (19 mar 1958 – Blossom TX) civil / human rights activist, president / co-founder of nonprofit Concerned Citizens for Racial Equality [CCFRE]
Kim Edwards (04 may 1958 – Killeen TX) novelist, educator
Celia Williams Dugger (03 jul 1958 –Austin TX ) journalist, science editor
Allison Adelle Hedge Coke (04 aug 1958 – Amarillo TX) poet, artist, author, editor, educator, organizer, performer, filmmaker
Julie Bell (10 oct 1958 – Beaumont TX) painter, author, fantasy / wildlife artist
Melanie Ann Huckaby Fain (14 oct 1958 – Texas US) wildlife etcher, watercolorist, printmaker
Annette Gordon-Reed (19 nov 1958 – Livingston TX) author, historian, law professor
Robin Lynn Macy White (27 nov 1958 – Dallas TX) musician, teacher, gardener, songwriter, record producer
Katherine Connella (12 dec 1958 – Dallas TX) actress, screenwriter, autobiographical author
Marsha Lane Hatley Farney (15 dec 1958 – Dallas TX) civic activist, state politician, former realtor, teacher, professor, school counselor
Twila Paris (28 dec 1958 – Fort Worth TX) author, pianist, Christian, singer-songwriter
Dinah Dinwiddie (18 mar 1959 – Texas US) romance novelist, aka Julia London
Kathleen M. Boozang (21 apr 1959 – Galveston TX) author, attorney, essayist, professor / dean of law at Seton Hall
Anne Smith (01 jul 1959 – Dallas TX) author, former tennis champion, educational psychologist
Dorothy [Doro] Walker Bush Koch (18 aug 1959 – Harris County TX) memoirist, philanthropist, former US Presidential family member
Sandra Bookman (08 oct 1959 – Beaumont TX) television news anchor / reporter
Victoria Clark (10 oct 1959 – Dallas TX) actress, director, musical theatre singer