Margaret L. Watson's Campaign for City Secretary, 1896

Watson, Margaret L.

Margaret L. Watson was a candidate for City Secretary of Beaumont, Texas in 1896. She first expressed interest in running for the office in February of that year. Both black and white men worked on her campaign, although Watson herself viewed the Black vote as a problem in the state. Watson was secretary of the Texas Equal Rights Association as well as the recording secretary of the Texas Eq...