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It was Wednesday, June 19, when Major General Gordon Granger and his troops rode into Galveston, bringing with them General Order No. 3, a proclamation officially ending slavery in the state of Texas.

Each March in the U.S. and elsewhere, we honor the role women have played in society with Women's History Month. "Feminists in the 1970s critiqued the exclusion and lack of recognition of women's ...