SAN ANTONIO – A new exhibit at the City of San Antonio’s Special Collections Museum is highlighting the often-overlooked role women played in shaping early Texas and supporting the American Revolution.
The museum, which opened last November, debuted the “Rancheras” exhibit in January. Curated by Special Collections Manager Marcus Flores, the display focuses on San Antonio’s early women who owned large ranches and exercised legal rights uncommon for women in the English colonies.
“They were influential in their communities,” Flores said. “They had large land holdings in the area.”…