True Women is a sweeping saga of love, war and adventure. Spanning five decades from the Texas Revolution (1835) through the Civil War, Reconstruction and beyond, True Women is the story of the love, friendship, survival and triumphs of Sarah Ashby McClure, Euphemia Ashby King and Georgia Lawshe Woods.
Starring Dana Delany, Annabeth Gish and Angelina Jolie.
Note: Based on a true story, but historically flawed; still, many loved this often over-the-top, made for television film, for its portrayal of strong, capable women. “TRUE WOMEN tells the story of two dynastic family lines in Texas, the Kings and the Woodses. Euphemia Texas Ashby King could ride and shoot like any man, and she was there when Sam Houston’s rag-tag army routed Santa Anna at San Jacinto. Though she risked her plantation running the Yankee cotton blockade during the Civil War, Georgia Virginia Lawshe Woods still had to defend her family from a corrupt Yankee officer. Bettie Moss King survived wolves, storms, and the Ku Klux Klan to steer her family through the turbulent birth of modern times. Inspired by the author’s own Texas roots, here is an unforgettable saga of the grit, determination, and courage of TRUE WOMEN.”