Near New Waverly in Walker County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Minnie Fisher Cunningham
(March 19, 1882 - December 9, 1964)
Photographed By James Hulse, August 21, 2021
1. Minnie Fisher Cunningham Marker
A leader in woman suffrage organizations, she was President of the Texas Equal Suffrage Association and helped found the National League of Women's Voters. In 1928 she became the first Texas woman to run for the U.S. Senate. Her campaign was unsuccessful, and the year also was marred by the death of her husband.
Her career turned toward public relations for government agencies, including the Texas Agricultural Extension Service and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, an activist in the National Democratic Party, she counted President Franklin D. Roosevelt among the many friends who fondly called her by her nickname. "Minnie Fish".
In 1944 she ran for Governor of Texas against Coke Stevenson, placing second among nine candidates in the primary. She built a home near this site in 1946 and continued to work in Democratic Party politics until her death at age 82.
Erected 1990 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 8441.)
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Location. 30° 34.56′ N, 95° 28.716′ W. Marker is near New Waverly, Texas, in Walker County. Marker is on State Highway 75, 0.1 miles south of Farm to Market Road 2793, on the left when traveling north. The marker is located at a small pullout on the highway. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Huntsville TX 77340, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. St. Joseph's Catholic Church (approx. 2.8 miles away); Western Grove Baptist Church (approx. 2.8 miles away); Elijah Collard (approx. 2.8 miles away); Black Jack Methodist Church and Cemetery (approx. 5 miles away); East Sandy Community (approx. 5.2 miles away); Henderson Yoakum Homesite (approx. 6.1 miles away); Sam Houston (approx. 6.2 miles away); Boswell Baptist Church (approx. 6.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in New Waverly.
Also see . . .
1. Cunningham, Minnie Fisher (1882–1964).
Minnie Fisher Cunningham, woman suffrage leader and leading liberal Democrat, the daughter of Horatio White Fisher and Sallie Comer (Abercrombie) Fisher, was born on March 19, 1882, on Fisher Farms, near(Submitted on August 23, 2021, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.)New Waverly, Texas. Her father was a prominent planter who served in the House of Representatives of the Texas legislature in 1857–59 and 1879–81. He introduced her to politics by taking her to political meetings at Huntsville. Source: The Handbook of TexasPhotographed By James Hulse, August 21, 20212. Minnie Fisher Cunningham Marker
2. Women's suffrage.
Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections. Beginning in the mid-19th century, aside from the work being done by women for broad-based economic and political equality and for social reforms, women sought to change voting laws to allow them to vote. National and international organizations formed to coordinate efforts towards that objective, especially the International Woman Suffrage Alliance (founded in 1904 in Berlin, Germany), as well as for equal civil rights for women. Source: Wikipedia(Submitted on August 24, 2021, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.)
Photographed By James Hulse, August 21, 2021
3. The view of the Minnie Fisher Cunningham Marker from the highway
Public Domain, circa 1928
4. Cunningham's campaign for U. S. Senate
Credits. This page was last revised on August 24, 2021. It was originally submitted on August 23, 2021, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 296 times since then and 62 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 24, 2021, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.
