News 88.7 in partnership with Humanities Texas launches Texas Originals — a new weekly radio segment profiling individuals whose lives and achievements have had a profound influence upon Texas history and culture.
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Texas Originals: Jane Cazneau
JANE McMANUS STORM CAZNEAU April 6, 1807–December 10, 1878 Writer and promoter Jane McManus Storm Cazneau helped shape Texas and American history in the mid-nineteenth century. Working as a journalist in the 1840s and 50s, Cazneau campaigned tirelessly for Texas independence. Her columns in periodicals such as the New York Sun helped sway public opinion in support of Texas statehood—and America’s “manifest destiny” more generally. Cazneau’s campaign was hardly selfless. She speculated in Texas... Read More