Notable Women of Texas:
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- Cornelia Adair (1837–1921) the matriarch of JA Ranch in the Texas Panhandle
- Jessie Daniel Ames (1883–1972), suffragette, civil rights activist
- Minnie Lou Bradley (born 1931), matriarch of the Bradley 3 Ranch in Childress County
- Laura Bush (born 1946), First Lady of the United States
- Ruthe B. Cowl (1912–2008), philanthropist from Laredo
- Minnie Fisher Cunningham (1882–1964), women's suffragist
- May Dickson Exall (1859–1936), civic leader, founder of Dallas Public Library
- Gloria Feldt (born 1942), feminist leader, author, political commentator
- Margaret Formby (1929–2003), founder of the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in Fort Worth
- Norma Rhodes Gabler (1923–2007), public school textbook monitor and cofounder of Educational Research Analysts in Longview
- Mariette Rheiner Garner (1869–1948), Second Lady of the United States
- Melinda Gates (born 1964), a philanthropist, wife of software magnate Bill Gates
- Edna Gladney (1886–1961), the founder of "The Edna Gladney Home" for orphaned children
- Nellie Gray (1924–2012), pro-life activist
- Ima Hogg (1882–1975), a philanthropist
- Betty Holekamp (1826–1902), a German Texan pioneer, called the Betsy Ross of Texas
- Helen LaKelly Hunt (born 1949), a philanthropist for women's causes
- Lady Bird Johnson (1912–2007), a former First Lady of the United States (married to President Lyndon B. Johnson)
- Wendy Kopp (born 1967), a founder and president of Teach For America
- Maura McNiel (born 1921), an activist for women's rights
- Ruth Carter Stevenson (1923–2013), arts patron, museum founder
- Virginia Whitehill (born 1928), an activist for women's rights
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