The Press Women of Texas was founded in 1893 as the Texas Press Women’s Association.
While at a Texas Press Association convention in May of 1893, Aurelia H. Mohl of the
In 1961, the organization incorporated as a nonprofit under the name Texas Press Women. However, in 1995 they changed their name again to Texas Professional Communicators. Since 2002, the organization has operated under the name, Press Women of Texas. and has been an affiliate of the National Federation of Press Women since 1938.
The Press Women of Texas defend First Amendment rights and promote professional excellence, ethical standards, and equal opportunity in the field of journalism. Today the membership of the Press Women of Texas include professional journalists, writers, or communicators working in the field of communication such as newspaper, magazine, radio, television, web, advertising, and marketing. Furthermore, the organization sponsors numerous scholarships, contests, and endowments to foster the improvement of the field.
Sources:
Anderson, H. Allen. “Texas Press Women,”
Press Women of Texas. "Restated Bylaws," Press Women of Texas. Accessed on June 21, 2010.
Reports, minutes, newsletters, scrapbooks, transcripts, and audiocassettes comprise the Press Women of Texas Records, 1909-2001, which document the operations, meetings, and purpose of the statewide women’s journalism association. They contain the reports and minutes of various state conferences and board meetings. Furthermore, the records include material pertaining to presidents, vice presidents, and secretaries of the Press Women of Texas, as well as the records of the San Antonio/Austin chapter of the association from the 1970s until 2000. Finally, the records’ voluminous scrapbooks and oral history audiocassettes relate to the history of the organization from 1910 to the 1970s.
The collection is open for research use.
Press Women of Texas Records, 1909-2001, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
Some material separated to the Artifact Collection.
See also
Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s “History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light project,” 2009-2011.