![]() ![]() 2nd Street between Medina and Waller, shown here in relation to the Capitol and State Cemetery. By 1873, Lizzie had opened her own school in a two-story house she purchased in Austin, located on East 2nd Street between Medina and Waller Streets, with living quarters upstairs and classrooms on the first floor. She went on to teach at various other schools in Lockhart, Manor, and the Pleasant Hill area of present-day South Austin. ![]() Lizzie became a teacher at her father’s school after earning her degree from Chappell Hill Female College in Washington County. They settled on Bear Creek in Hays County where her father established his own school, the Johnson Institute. Lizzie Johnson Williams, the “Cattle Queen of Texas,” was one such woman who left her mark, and literally her brand, on Texas history.īorn in 1840 to parents who were educators, Elizabeth Johnson, or “Lizzie” came to Texas with her family when she was around four years old. While many women fulfilled traditional roles dictated by this societal convention, others went against the grain and ventured into territory dominated by men. ![]() ![]() In the nineteenth century, opportunities for women in business, especially the critical cattle and ranching industries of Texas, were scarce. Image via TSHA Handbook of Texas, courtesy of. ![]()
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