Otero-Warren, Nina, 1881-1965

Maria Adelina Isabel Emilia Luna Otero b. Oct. 23, 1881, Los Lunas, NM; descendant of the Lunas, one of the first settlers in New Mexico; older brother, Eduardo, younger brother, Manuel; attended Maryville University in Saint Louis, Missouri, 1892-1894; married Lieutenant Rawson D. Warren in 1908, dovprced after 2 years; began real estate business in 1947; worked with the women's suffrage campaign in New Mexico with Congressional Union (later National Woman's Party), 1914; ran for House of Representatives, 1922, but lost; 1917-1929; served as one of New Mexico's first female government officials: Santa Fe Superintendent of Instruction (1923-1929), and chair of the State Board of Health, Inspector of Indian Schools in Santa Fe County in 1923, ppointed as state director of the federal Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, elected by Governor Larrazolo to the first Board of Public Health, 1930, she became the Director of Literacy Education, Maria Adelina Isabel Emilia Luna Otero b. Oct. 23, 1881, Los Lunas, NM; descendant of the Lunas, one of the first settlers in New Mexico; older brother, Eduardo, younger brother, Manuel; attended Maryville University in Saint Louis, Missouri, 1892-1894; married Lieutenant Rawson D. Warren in 1908, dovprced after 2 years; began real estate business in 1947; worked with the women's suffrage campaign in New Mexico with Congressional Union (later National Woman's Party), 1914; ran for House of Representatives, 1922, but lost; 1917-1929; served as one of New Mexico's first female government officials: Santa Fe Superintendent of Instruction (1923-1929), and chair of the State Board of Health, Inspector of Indian Schools in Santa Fe County in 1923, ppointed as state director of the federal Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, elected by Governor Larrazolo to the first Board of Public Health, 1930, she became the Director of Literacy Education, Director of the Work Conference for Adult Teachers in Puerto Rico