This post was written by Thomas DeShong, processing archivist at the BCPM Disabilities Pride Month is celebrated each July to commemorate the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). This law prohibits discrimination based on disability. Marvin Leath, who represented Waco in 1990, was a key proponent of the ADA. He received constituent correspondence for and against…
Month: July 2025
(BCPM) “Ladies, Have You Heard?”: Texas Women and the Equal Rights Amendment
This blog post was written by former graduate assistant Aaron Ramos. In today’s political climate, thinking about history through a lens of women’s/gender studies is bound to attract criticism from pundits who claim that this lens of academic inquiry seeks to upset traditional gender roles and needlessly politicize that which seems apolitical. It is true that one aspect of women’s/gender…