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Margie Neal
Margie Elizabeth Neal (April 20, 1875 – December 19, 1971) was a Texas journalist and politician. She was the first woman elected to the Texas State Senate, in 1926. Early life and education Neal was born near Clayton, Texas, and was the daughter of William Lafayette and Martha (Gholston) Neal, who had both come to Texas from Georgia in search of better opportunities. Second of four children, she lived in nearby Carthage for much of her life. It was in Carthage that she had her first encounter with state politics, when Governor of Texas John Ireland came to speak in 1885 or 1886; she would later speak of the impression which his visit had made on her. She attended Sam Houston State Teachers College, but did not graduate. Career She spent a short time teaching in her native Panola County and in Fort Worth before returning to Carthage in 1903; even so, she retained an interest in education for the remainder of her life. Her return was due primarily to the failing health of h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carthage July 2017 25 (Senator Margie Neal Park)
Carthage was the capital city of Ancient Carthage, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia. Carthage was one of the most important trading hubs of the Ancient Mediterranean and one of the most affluent cities of the classical world. The city developed from a Canaanite Phoenician colony into the capital of a Punic empire which dominated large parts of the Southwest Mediterranean during the first millennium BC. The legendary Queen Alyssa or Dido, originally from Tyre, is regarded as the founder of the city, though her historicity has been questioned. According to accounts by Timaeus of Tauromenium, she purchased from a local tribe the amount of land that could be covered by an oxhide. As Carthage prospered at home, the polity sent colonists abroad as well as magistrates to rule the colonies. The ancient city was destroyed in the nearly-three year siege of Carthage by the Roman Republic during the Third Punic War in 146 BC and then re-developed as Roman Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
