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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 ...
While Black, Indigenous, and immigrant women also fought for women's suffrage, their faces are rarely seen in historical imagery celebrating the 19th amendment. Photos give glimpses into the long ...
Women's suffrage in New Mexico; T. Timeline of women's suffrage in New Mexico This page was last edited on 19 October 2023, at 18:53 (UTC). ...
Otero-Warren also sought support for suffrage though her other political leadership roles as the chair of legislative committees for the Republican Party and the New Mexico Federation of Women's Clubs. Otero-Warren lobbied New Mexico congressmen to vote in favor of the Nineteenth Amendment, and she was so influential because of her uncle and ...
Aug. 27—Just steps from Hodgin Hall, where she worked as the first professionally trained librarian in the University of New Mexico's history, a trailhead marker honoring the life and legacy of ...
" 'Disenfranchisement is a Disgrace': Women and Politics in New Mexico, 1900-1940" (PDF). New Mexico Historical Review. 56 (1): 5–35. NWHP (2017). "How Women Won the Vote" (PDF). National Women's History Project. Young, Janine A. (May 11, 1984). 'For the Best Interests of the Community': The Origins and Impact of the Women's Suffrage Movement ...
Aurora R. Lucero was born in New Mexico on February 8, 1894. [1] She was the eldest of seven children born to Julianita Romero and Antonio J. Lucero, who would serve as New Mexico's first Secretary of State from 1912 to 1916. [2] Her family was wealthy and politically well-connected. [3]