Delve deeper into the pivotal Battle of San Jacinto and the Texas Revolution with a distinguished lineup of four renowned historians and scholars. This engaging lecture series offers a unique opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the historical events that shaped Texas. Lectures will take place before, between, and after the two reenactments. Each lecture will be approximately 30 minutes long with an opportunity for a question-and-answer session following its conclusion. Admission to the lecture series is free, making it accessible to all who wish to enrich their knowledge of Texas history.
Dr. Linda English presents "Brazen Women: Challenging Gender Expectations in a Time of War and Chaos" in the third session of the San Jacinto Day Celebration Lecture Series.
Linda English received her Ph.D. in American History from the University of Oklahoma in May 2005. She taught as a lecturer at OU and the University of Northern Colorado before her current position: Associate Professor of History at UTRGV (previously UTPA)). Her research and publications focus primarily on race, class, and gender during the late nineteenth century, specifically Texas and Indian Territory. Her articles include “Revealing Accounts: Women’s Lives and General Stores” (The Historian 2002), “Inside the General Store, Inside the Past: A Cultural Analysis of McAlester’s General Store” (The Chronicles of Oklahoma 2003), and “Recording Race: General Stores and Race in the Late Nineteenth‐ Century Southwest” (Southwestern Historical Quarterly 2006). She also contributed a biographical chapter on Oscar James Dunn in Before Obama: A Reappraisal of Black Reconstruction Era Politicians, titled “’ That is All We Ask for—An Equal Chance:’ Oscar James Dunn, Louisiana’s First Black Lieutenant Governor.” Her most recent article is “Southern Reflections: Evolving Attitudes on Race and Region in Indian Territory” (Great Plains Quarterly 2014). Her most recent books are By All Accounts: General Stores and Community Life in Texas and Indian Territory and Run for Your Life! Gender and the Runaway Scrape.
Lectures will be presented in the Jesse H. Jones Theatre for Texas Studies inside the San Jacinto Monument.
