Houston moved to
Dallas and married a businessman named Kauffman. In 1913, she was the first president of the
Dallas Equal Suffrage Association (DESA). Under her tenure as president of DESA, the group grew to around 200 members. She also started writing her first novel,
Little Straw Wife (1914), during that time. Houston moved to
St. Petersburg, Florida, in 1953. Houston died in St. Petersburg on June 22, 1966. Her body was transported back to Dallas to be buried at
Restland Cemetery. == Selected publications ==