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Jovita Idar Vivero (September 7, 1885 – June 15, 1946) was an American journalist, teacher, political activist, and civil rights worker who championed the cause of Mexican Americans and Mexican immigrants. [2][3] Against the backdrop of the Mexican Revolution, which lasted a decade from 1910 through 1920, she worked for a series of newspapers ...
The Society of Martha Washington was formed in 1939, in Laredo, Texas. The Society hosts the Colonial Ball, which is an annual debutante ball where young women make their debut into society. The Colonial Ball is held at the Laredo Civic Center and is a part of a citywide festival called the Washington's Birthday Celebration, which takes place ...
As of the 2010, Laredo is the 81st-most populous city in the United States and the 10th-largest in Texas. According to the 2010 census [7][29][30] there were 236,091 inhabitants in the city. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of Laredo was: Whites: 87.7%, non-Hispanic Whites: 3.86%.
Aurelio Montemayor. Alicia Dickerson Montemayor (August 6, 1902 – May 13, 1989) was an American civil rights activist from Laredo, Texas, the first woman elected to a national office not specifically designated for a woman, having served as vice president general of the interest group, the League of United Latin American Citizens.
1908 - Discovery of natural gas in vicinity of Laredo. [5] 1909 - Webb County Courthouse built. 1910 - Population: 14,855. [5] 1911 - Liga Femenil Mexicanista (women's group) founded in Laredo. [11] 1915 - Laredo public library active (approximate date). [12] 1920 Texas Mexican Railway International Bridge opened. Population: 22,710. 1922
San Agustin Church was the first church established in the new town of Laredo built as a chapel in 1760 Map of Laredo 137 years after founding. Tomás Sánchez de la Barrera (June 4, 1709 - January 21, 1796) was a veteran Spanish captain who founded Laredo, Texas, United States, and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, the only town in the Nuevo Santander province.
LAREDO, Texas—"They figured that this would shut me down," says Priscilla Villarreal. "But what they did was create a monster." Villarreal is a journalist here in the Texas border town of Laredo.
A later brigade was founded by Leonor Villegas de Magnón in 1913 that aided soldiers along both sides of the Texas-Mexican border near Laredo, Texas. A close-knit group of women and American doctors who helped the wounded during fighting, [6] treated the wounded in Magnón's home, which had already been a makeshift kindergarten classroom.