Marjorie Bell Chambers, Ph.D.

by MyProject ByFranziska | Feb 11, 2023

Marjorie Bell Chambers has been described as “restless, multifaceted, and an indomitable spirit” who had “an unbounded legacy of deeds, thoughts, and inspirations for her children and her students…” She received a Doctorate of Philosophy in History and Political...

María “Concha” Concepción Ortiz y Pino de Kleven

by MyProject ByFranziska | Feb 11, 2023

María Concepción Ortiz y Pino de Kleven, or “Concha” as she was called, was a legend in her day. She grew up on her family’s ranch in Galisteo, New Mexico, received a good education beginning with the Sisters of Loretto, became involved in politics, and was elected...

Little Sister Lozen

by MyProject ByFranziska | Feb 11, 2023

Little Sister Lozen was a respected Apache warrior and medicine woman. She resisted Apache placement onto reservations alongside her brother, the Warm Springs Apache chief, Victorio, his successor Nana, and later Geronimo. With outstretched hands, it was said she was...

Louise Massey Mabie

by MyProject ByFranziska | Feb 11, 2023

An early female country and western radio star in the 1930s, Louise Massey Mabie was born in Texas, made her career in Roswell, New Mexico, and finally settled in the Hondo Valley in New Mexico. Her career spanned more than thirty years, from 1918 until 1950. Her...

Maralyn Budke

by MyProject ByFranziska | Feb 11, 2023

Shortly out of college, Maralyn Budke joined the staff of New Mexico’s Legislative Finance Committee in 1959. Less than ten years later, she was appointed chief of staff for the State Governor. After two years as the Governor’s chief of staff, she became the first...

Inez Gill

by MyProject ByFranziska | Feb 11, 2023

Early in her career, Inez Bushner Gill impressed governors, legislators and journalists with her fiscal expertise. Among the original staff of the Legislative Council Service when it was founded in 1951, she served as fiscal analyst and principal staff for its finance...

Founding Women of Albuquerque

by MyProject ByFranziska | Feb 11, 2023

Official documents indicate that in February 1706, as many as thirty-five families participated in the founding of Albuquerque. While many of the names have been lost, within those families were at least twenty women who should rightfully be honored as the founding...

Dr. Annie Dodge Wauneka

by MyProject ByFranziska | Feb 10, 2023

Dr. Annie Dodge Wauneka was a politician and public health activist who worked tirelessly to reconcile differences between Western and Navajo traditions in healthcare, especially in the fight against tuberculosis. The daughter of prominent Navajo leader Henry Chee...

Doña Eufemia, “La Valerosa,” “The Spanish Entrada of 1598”

by MyProject ByFranziska | Feb 10, 2023

The colonizing expedition of New Mexico led by Don Juan de Oñate was marked by disagreements and uncertainty among the Viceroy and royal officers about who should lead the expedition. The start of the journey was delayed, and even after the expedition was enroute and...

Doña Dolores “Lola” Chávez de Armijo

by MyProject ByFranziska | Feb 10, 2023

In 1912, New Mexico State Librarian, Lola Chávez de Armijo, filed a gender discrimination lawsuit after the Governor sought to replace her by court order—claiming that she, being a woman, was unqualified to hold office under the constitution and laws of New Mexico....