The details were only recently uncovered by the Houston Suffragists Project, a group of genealogists.

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — When you think of the women’s suffrage movement, Susan B. Anthony likely comes to mind.

But you may be surprised to learn how women here in Harris County – wives and daughters of Confederate soldiers – also mobilized to help get thousands of women to the polls when they were finally granted the right to vote.

The details were only recently uncovered by the Houston Suffragists Project, a group of genealogists.