Photo from the National Women’s History Museum Nuevo Mexicana, Folklore, Federal Writers’ Project, Activism Aurora Lucero-White Lea (1894-1963) Aurora Lucero-White Lea was born to parents Julia Romero and Antonio Lucero in Las Vegas, New Mexico. Throughout her life, Lucero-White was committed to the Hispanic community of New Mexico, and she strived to maintain and continue […]
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American Association of University Women-New Mexico. “Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Gilbert.” (1976). MSS 303 BC, Women of New Mexico, Catalog of AAUW exhibit on “Women in New Mexico”, Albuquerque Museum, February 1-June 6, 1976, Center for Southwest Research, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. Nuevo Mexicana, Folklore, Foodways, Federal Writers’ Project Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Gilbert
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Photographer unknown; public domain image Nuevo Mexicana, Folklore, Federal Writers’ Project, Activism, Education María Adelina Isabel Emilia (Nina) Otero-Warren (1881-1965) A woman of many talents and interests, Adelina “Nina” Otero Warren was a politician and advocate who advanced issues relevant to the early 20th-century nuevomexicano community. Otero Warren is best known outside of New Mexico
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Photo Credit: Palace of the Governors Photo Archives, Mrs. Cleofas Martinez Jaramillo In Her Wedding Hat, Photographer: Anderson Studio, Date: 1901, POG Negative Number 009920 Nuevo Mexicana, Folklore Cleofas Martínez Jaramillo (1878-1956) In the late 19th/early 20th-century, nuevomexicana Cleofas Martínez Jaramillo recorded her memories of life in New Mexico. In contrast to her professional folklorist
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