Canales, Alma, 1947-
Name Entries
person
Canales, Alma, 1947-
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Canales, Alma, 1947-
Genders
Exist Dates
Biographical History
Alma Gloria Canales was born in 1947 in Rosita, Texas and raised in Edinburg, Texas, graduating from Edinburgh High School in 1965. She attended Pan American University on a journalism scholarship from the 'Edinburg Daily Review," and worked as a reporter. In 1969, she worked with the Colorado Migrant Council, and studied in Mexico City through the Colegio Jacinto Trevino. Shortly after her 1972 campaign as the first Mexican American and first woman to run for lieutenant governor of Texas, she married Louis Steven Espinoza, whom she later divorced. She was an active member of the Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO) and a Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) Minority Mobilization volunteer. She worked with the Southwest Council of La Raza and was an organizer of the Raza Unida Party state headquarters in Austin. She was a member of the League of Women Voters, the Waco Peacemakers' Alliance, and district deputy director of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC). She organized a bilingual Head Start program in Waco and served as vice president for the Hispanic Women's Network and the Mexican American Democrats of Texas (MAD).
eng
Latn
External Related CPF
Other Entity IDs (Same As)
Sources
Loading ...
Resource Relations
Loading ...
Internal CPF Relations
Loading ...
Languages Used
eng
Zyyy
Subjects
African Americans
Chicano movement
Civil rights movement
Demonstrations
Labor unions
Mexican American journalists
Mexican American migrant agricultural laborers
Mexican American newspapers
Mexican Americans
Mexican American women politicians
Police brutality
Press
Race discrimination
Segregation in education
Unincorporated areas
Nationalities
Activities
Occupations
Legal Statuses
Places
Texas
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Pharr (Tex.)
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Traverse City (Mich.)
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Texas, South
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Waco (Tex.)
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Texas--Pharr
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Edinburg (Tex.)
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Michigan
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Starr County (Tex.)
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Levelland (Tex.)
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Wisconsin
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace