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4 Δεκ 2020 · Orphaned at the age of fourteen and widowed at twenty-four, Jane Wilkinson Long led a long and hard life. But her independent and determined character earned for her the title “Mother of Texas.” Long was born Jane Wilkinson on July 23, 1798 in Charles County, Maryland.
18 Μαΐ 2020 · Accompanied only by her five-year-old daughter and Kian, an enslaved African American woman, Jane believed that she was the first Anglo woman to give birth to a child in Texas. Though census data contradicts that claim, her nickname and legacy as the “Mother of Texas” stuck.
19 Ιαν 2021 · Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long was called the "Mother of Texas," even during her lifetime, because of the birth of her child on Bolivar Peninsula on December 21, 1821. She was not, however, as she claimed, the first English-speaking woman to bear a child in Texas.
Texas historical marker for Jane Long located at Fort Travis Seashore Park, Bolivar Point. Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long (July 23, 1798 – December 30, 1880) was a Texas pioneer. She owned boarding houses and a plantation in Texas. She is best known as the "Mother of Texas."
Jane Long’s life is a true example of strength, resilience, and determination. Known as the “Pioneer Mother of Texas,” she played an important role in Texas’s early history, overcoming many challenges and contributing significantly to its independence and development.
18 Αυγ 2009 · On her tombstone is the inscription “Mrs. Jane H. Long, The Mother of Texas.” Doesn’t Jane sound like a heroine in one of today’s romance novels? She’s certainly an embodiment of the frontier spirit.
2 Δεκ 2016 · “She was one of the most politically powerful women in Texas in the early 1800s, a time when women were supposed to give birth and do little else. That is the truly amazing thing about Jane Long,“ explains Helen Mooty of the Galveston County Historical Commission.
