Women in New Mexico Collection

Bailey, Florence Merriam, 1863-1948

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Florence Merriam Bailey (1863-1948) was born in Locust Grove, New York during the Civil War. She devoted her life to the study and protection of birds. From her work in ornithology she authored over ten books, including several field guides to birds, and close to one hundred articles. Though interested in birds as a child, she gained recognition as a naturalist while at Smith College. Disgusted by the use of feathers and whole birds in fashion, she started the Smith College Audubon Society. Her...

Clauve, Lena

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Tingley, Carrie Wooster, 1877-1961

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Rush, Olive, 1873-1966

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Painter, mural painter; Santa Fe, N.M. From the description of Olive Rush interview, 1963 Nov. 13 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79951127 From the description of Oral history interview with Olive Rush, 1963 Nov. 13 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 312026291 Olive Rush (1873-1966) was a painter, illustrator, and muralist from Sante Fe, N.M. Studied at the Art Students League with Twatchman and Mowbray and t...

Williams, Clare B.

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Gilbert, Fabiola Cabeza de Baca, 1898-1991

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Agricultural extension agent and author born near Las Vegas, N.M. in 1894. Served as an extension agent for more than 30 years, mostly in New Mexico. Died in Albuquerque, N.M. in 1991. From the description of Papers, 1602-1996. (University of New Mexico-Main Campus). WorldCat record id: 37888462 From the guide to the Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Gilbert Photograph Collection, 1916-1940, (University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research) Fabiola C de Baca was a noted...

Luhan, Mabel Dodge, 1879-1962

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Mabel Ganson was born on February 20, 1879 in Buffalo, New York. She was sent to the finest boarding schools in Buffalo and Manhattan. While living in Florence, Italy and later in Greenwich Village with her second husband, Edwin Dodge, she became known for her reputation for socializing and people gathering. After Mabel and Edwin Dodge divorced, she married artist Maurice Sterne in 1916. They moved to Santa Fe, and then Taos. Antonio Luhan became her fourth husband in 1923. It was in Taos that M...

Wauneka, Annie Dodge, 1918-1997

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Shonnard, Eugenie

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Head, Agnes Kastner

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Lee, Frances Marron, 1902-1990

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Frances Marron Lee came from a prominent family in Albuquerque. She got her bachelors degree from the University of California at Berkeley and married Floyd Lee; in the 1930s, the Lees bought the Floyd Lee Ranch. She was elected and served several terms as National Committee Women of the Republican Party. She also served on the Board of Regents at the University of New Mexico and chaired the Grants Municipal and Consolidated School Board. She was very active in 4-H Clubs, and was instrumental i...

Chacon, Soledad Chavez de

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Kennedy, Margaret Judith

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Fitzpatrick, Mildred Gunn

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Cassidy, Ina Sizer.

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Barcelo, Gertrudis (Do? a Tules)

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Russell, Marian Sloan

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James, Rebecca Salsbury

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Baca, Marguerite Pendaris

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Bartlett, Cora

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O'Connor, Kathryn Kennedy

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Leheny, Sister Mary de Sales

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Jenkins, Myra Ellen

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For a chronology of Dr. Jenkins' life and work, see the first folders in Box 1. For an obituary, see the Denver Post, June 28, 1993. The following is a reminiscence written by Robert W. Delaney, who was the founding director of the Center of Southwest Studies and a friend and colleage of Myra Ellen Jenkins. I Remember Myra / by Robert W. Delaney (published in the November 1993 issue of La Cronica de Nuevo Mexico, Issue No. 37) "For more than four decades, I k...

Olivarez, Graciela (Grace)

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Garrett, Elizabeth

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American Association of University Women. Albuquerque Branch

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Museum of Albuquerque

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New Mexico Women's Political Caucus

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The New Mexico women's Political Caucus (NMWPC), a not-for-profit organization, was officially organized in 1973. Affiliated with the nationally based Women's Political Caucus, the goal of NMWPC was to promote the role of women in politics and raise awareness of women's issues through research, publicity, and lobbying. Activities included publishing informational brochures, organizing state and local conventions, lobbying for legislation, and promoting and encouraging women seeking political off...

Waters, Elizabeth

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Ortiz y Piño de Kleven, Concha.

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Velarde, Pablita, 1918-2006

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Pablita Velarde (1918-2006) was a painter and illustrator from Albuquerque, N.M. From the description of Oral history interview with Pablita Velarde, 1965 Sept. 29 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 458412259 Pablita Velarde (1918-2006), born Tse Tsan, from Santa Clara Pueblo, was a prominent American Indian painter and illustrator. From the guide to the Interview with Pablita Velarde, August 4, 2004, (American Philosophical Society) Paint...

Boyd, E.

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Barber, Susan McSween, 1845-1931

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Clark, Ann Nolan, 1896-1995

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New Mexico teacher of Native American and Latin American children, and award-winning author. From the description of Ann Nolan Clark manuscript, 1969. (New Mexico State University). WorldCat record id: 45007112 American author of children's books. Worked as educational specialist, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1920-1962, as a teacher and author of textbooks; also worked for the Institute of Inter-American Affairs in Central and South America, 1945-1950, writing reading mate...

Armstrong, Ruth

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Ruth Armstrong and family at Acoma Pueblo. Part of the Ruth W. Armstrong Pictorial Collection PICT 000-481 (Box 1, Folder 5). Although she received her college education in Oregon and California, travel writer Ruth Armstrong lived in New Mexico most of her life. In addition to writing numerous articles about New Mexico for magazines and newspapers, and contributing to many guidebooks, she has published or made contributions to several books about New Mexico. These books ...

Cline, Dorothy I.

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Dorothy I. Cline was Professor Emeritus at the University of New Mexico in the Department of Government (1946-1971). She was politically active on the state and national levels. She served as chairman of the Bernalillo Commission (1958-1960), a member of the Governor's Committee of 100 on Aging, a public member of the Adivsory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (Washington D.C.), and on several committees for the 1969 New Mexico Constitutional Convention. From the description ...

Barcelo, Gertrudis and Orchard, Sadie

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Paxton, Bertha M.

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Momaday, Natachee Scott.

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Martinez, Maria

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Segale, Sister Blandina.

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O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986

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Georgia O’Keeffe is one of the most significant artists of the 20th century, renowned for her contribution to modern art.Born on November 15, 1887, the second of seven children, Georgia Totto O’Keeffe grew up on a farm near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. By the time she graduated from high school in 1905, O’Keeffe had determined to make her way as an artist. She studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League in New York, where she learned the techniques of traditional painting. Th...

Dysart, Stella

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Warner, Estelle Ford

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Otero-Warren, Nina, 1881-1965

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Nina Otero-Warren was born Oct. 23, 1881 in Los Lunas, NM to a prominent New Mexico family; she was descendant of the Lunas, one of the first settlers in New Mexico. Otero-Warren attended Maryville University in Saint Louis, Missouri (1892-1894) and married Lieutenant Rawson D. Warren in 1908 but divorced him after 2 years. In 1914, Otero-Warren worked with the women's suffrage campaign in New Mexico with Congressional Union (later National Woman's Party) and ran unsuccessfully for House of Rep...

Asplund, Julia Brown.

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Lane, Lydia Spencer, 1835-1914

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Mabry, Jane Robinson

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Dutton, Bertha P.

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Fergusson, Erna

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Whitcraft, Dorothea Fricke

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Newcomb, Franc Johnson

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Aberle, Sophie

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Wallace, Susan E. (Susan Elston), 1830-1907

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Parsons, Elsie Worthington Clews, 1874-1941

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Elsie Clews Parsons was a sociologist, anthropologist, and folklorist. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1882]-1978. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122380114 From the description of Isleta sketches, [n.d.]. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 86138573 From the description of Papers, 1835-1944. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122589249 Anthropologist. From t...

Evans, Ernestine Duran

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Edmister, Grace Thompson.

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Keleher, Julia

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Austin, Mary

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Magoffin, Susan Shelby, 1827-1855

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Frisbie, Evelyn Fisher

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Cleaveland, Agnes Morley, 1874-1958

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Agnes Morley Cleaveland was born in 1874. The Morley family settled near Datil, N.M. where Agnes spent the early part of her life until she was sent to school in Philadelphia. Agnes, who spent most of her later adult life away from New Mexico, became quite a successful and noted author. She wrote the book, No life for a lady, which was about a woman pioneer's experience in New Mexico. Agnes died on March 8, 1958 on a ranch outside Datil. From the description of Papers, 1955-1958. (Un...

Kalloch, Eunice Gronvold

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Woodward, Dorothy, 1895-1961

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Dorothy Woodward, historian and educator, was born in Clearfield, Pennsylvania in 1895. After receiving her Ph.D. from Yale in 1935, she joined the faculty at the University of New Mexico where she taught Latin American history. She served in the Woman's Army Corps. from 1944-45 and in the New Mexico Civil Air Patrol. She retired from UNM in 1956 and was appointed to the UNM Board of Regents in 1957. She resigned in May 1960. She died the following year on April 4 in Denver, Colorado....

Lusk, Georgia L. (Georgia Lee), 1893-1971

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Georgia Lee Witt Lusk (May 12, 1893 – January 5, 1971) was asn American educator, politician, and public servant. She was the first female member of Congress from New Mexico, representing the state in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1947 to 1949. Born Georgia Lee Witt on a ranch near Carlsbad, New Mexico, she graduated from Carlsbad High School in 1912 before attending Highlands University in Las Vegas, New Mexico and Colorado State Teachers College (now the University of North Colorad...

Ellis, Florence Hawley

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Florence Hawley Ellis, an archaeologist, taught at the University of New Mexico and the University of Chicago, 1934-1971. From the description of Florence Hawley Ellis lecture notes : mimeograph typescript, [19]̲̲. (Museum of New Mexico Library). WorldCat record id: 37992652 Florence Hawley at Chaco Canyon, 1935. Pict 000-579-001 Florence Hawley Ellis was born on September 17, 1906 in Sonora, Mexico. She moved with her family to Los Angeles, Californ...

Gilpin, Laura, 1891-1979

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Laura Gilpin (1891-1979) photographed individuals and traditional life on the Navajo Indian reservation, Pueblo Indians of New Mexico, and American landscapes. From the description of An abandoned mine [art original] : Creede, Colorado. 1942. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 162101076 ...

Hamilton, Jane

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Harwood, Emily J.

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Henderson, Alice Corbin, 1881-1949

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American poet, editor, and writer on Southwestern topics. From the description of Papers, 1861-1987 (bulk 1920-1949). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122349020 Note: The initials ACH for Alice R. Corbin Henderson, WPH for her husband, William Penhallow Henderson, and AHR for her daughter, Alice Oliver Henderson Evans Rossin Colquitt are used throughout this inventory. AHR identified herself in h...

Alexander, Ruth Laughlin Baker

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Spiegelberg, Flora Langerman

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Coe, Louise Holland

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Mrs. Coe was Lincoln County Superintendent of Schools, a State Senator--with a special interest in education--between 1925 and 1941, an author, and world traveler. From the guide to the Louise Holland Coe Photograph Collection, 1939-1980, (University of New Mexico, Center for Southwest Research) ...