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The fight for women's suffrage in New Mexico was incremental and had the support of both Hispanic and Anglo women suffragists. When New Mexico was a territory, women had the right to vote in school board elections. When New Mexico created its state constitution in 1910, it continued to allow women to vote in school elections, but it was nearly ...
This is a timeline of women's suffrage in New Mexico. Women's suffrage in New Mexico first began with granting women the right to vote in school board elections and was codified into the New Mexico State Constitution, written in 1910. In 1912, New Mexico was a state, and suffragists there worked to support the adoption of a federal women's ...
On December 9, 2010, Albuquerque police released six photos of seven other unidentified women who may also be linked to West Mesa. [9] [18] Police would not say how or where they had obtained the photos. [9] Some of the women appeared to be unconscious, and many shared the same physical characteristics as the original eleven victims. [9]
Jul. 24—When American travelers started passing through Santa Fe in the 1800s, Mexican saloon owner Maria Gertrudis "Tules" Barceló was there, breaking gender norms and building economic power.
On November 25, 1968, the suit against the Southern Pacific Railroad was settled and the California women's protective laws were declared unconstitutional. [112] 1969. Arkansas, Delaware, Kansas, and New Mexico: Arkansas, Delaware, Kansas, and New Mexico reform their abortion laws based on the American Law Institute (ALI) Model Penal Code (MPC).
The first Ohio Women's Rights Convention took place in Salem, Ohio in April 1850 and was presided over by Betsy Mix Cowles. [202] [203] It was the first women's rights conference held outside of New York and only women were allowed to speak or vote during the convention.
Aug. 21—Vice President Kamala Harris and her pick for vice president, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, have an abridged runway to the general election after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race ...
Barbara Brown Simmons (c. 1974): [28] [29] First African American female graduate from the University of New Mexico School of Law [Bernalillo County, New Mexico] Kari Brandenburg: [33] First female District Attorney for Bernalillo County, New Mexico (2000) Kea Riggs: [34] First female district court judge in Chaves County, New Mexico