Women’s History Month

Women Who Influenced New Mexico History

 

Agriculture		Art
Dolores Huerta and the Farm Workers Movement		Georgia O'Keeffe
Fabiola Cabeza de Baca, LULAC Activist		Virginia Maria Romero
		"Ethel Mertz" and Alburquerque's Little Theatre
Athletics		Aviation
The "Girls" of UNM		New Mexico's First Aviatrix
Business		Crime
Mary Colter, Architect		Paula Angel–First Woman Ever Hanged
Laura Gilpin, Photographer and Turkey Rancher		Ada Hulmes Murder Trial
The Harvey Girls		Education
The Indian Guide Couriers		Nina Otero
Doña Tules		Esther Martinez, San Juan Storyteller
		Sandra Begay-Campbell
Literature		Medicine
Erna Fergusson		Courier Nurses of Santa Fe
Susan Shelby Magoffin		Maternal Health Center
Peggy Pond Church		Las Parteras
Susan Wallace, Writer and NM Archivist
Military		Politics
Cathy Williams, Buffalo Soldier?		Womens Suffrage Movement 1915
Philanthrophy
Katharine Drexel
Mabel Dodge Luhan

 

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