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Article: LEARN ABOUT TRUE TEXAS WOMEN MARCH 24-25 AT WASHINGTON-ON-THE-BRAZOS

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February 26, 2007
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife issued the following news release:

Visit Barrington Living History Farm March 24 and 25 to learn about the "True Texas Women" who helped tame the wild Texas frontier. The special program commemorates Texas History Month and Women's History Month.

Explore the lives of the "gentle tamers and sunbonneted helpmates" such as Republic of Texas First Lady Mary Jones and businesswoman and sometime criminal Pamelia Mann, who refused to live in anyone's shadow.

Find out, too, about the lives of enslaved women and hundreds of other unknown and unsung ladies whose days were filled with loneliness, fear and uncertainty. Costumed interpreters, using letters and diaries, help ...

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