Edith Eunice Wilmans
Full Name: Edith Eunice Wilmans
Other surnames: Born, Therrel,
Birth date: December 21, 1882
Death date: March 21, 1966
Other surnames: Born, Therrel,
Birth date: December 21, 1882
Death date: March 21, 1966
Terms of Service
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House,
38th Legislature
1/9/1923 - 1/13/1925
Democrat
Biographical Notes and Resources
Selected Newspaper articlesPhotographs
- Photograph. Mrs. Edith E. Wilmans, State Preservation Board
Other Resources
- Photo and biographical sketch, Edith Eunice Therrel Wilmans, pp. 77-81. First woman elected to the Texas Legislature and first to preside as speaker of the House, "although this was likely an honorary appointment." Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999 2000.
- WILMANS, EDITH EUNICE THERREL (1882-1966). The first woman elected to the Texas Legislature. Handbook of Texas Online .
Committee Information
- 38th R.S. - 1923