Frances Farenthold

Frances Tarlton "Sissy" Farenthold (October 2, 1926 – September 26, 2021) was an American politician, attorney, activist, and educator. She was best known for her two campaigns for the office of Governor of Texas. She was nominated for Vice President of the United States during the 1972 Democratic National Convention. Her step-grandson was U.S. Representative Blake Farenthold.

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Other websites

• Frances Tarlton "Sissy" Farenthold: A Noble Citizen, an online exhibit about Farenthold and her career, from the Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice at UT Austin
• A Guide to the Frances Tarlton Farenthold Papers The archival finding aid to Farenthold's physical papers at the Briscoe Center for American History at UT Austin.
• Institute for Policy Studies Archived 2007-07-10 at the Wayback Machine
• Oral History Interview with Frances Farenthold from Oral Histories of the American South
• The Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice
• Farenthold, Frances "Sissy" and Frank Michel. Frances "Sissy" Farenthold Oral History Archived 2016-10-10 at the Wayback Machine, Houston Oral History Project, October 1, 2007.

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