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Ryan was born Irene Noblitt, Noblett or Noblette [a] on October 17, 1902, in El Paso, Texas, the second child and daughter of Catherine J. "Katie" (née McSharry) and James Merritt Noblitt. [citation needed] Her father was an army sergeant [6] from North Carolina and her mother had emigrated from Ireland. Irene was 17 years younger than her ...
Juan de Oñate, born in present-day Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico, was the first explorer to arrive at the Rio Grande near El Paso (near the current small town of San Elizario, which is about 30 miles (48 km) downstream of El Paso), where he ordered his expedition party to rest and where the official act of possession, La Toma, was executed and celebrated, on April 30, 1598.
Cardona was born in El Paso, Texas, on July 19, 1940. In 1958, she graduated from Rosemead High School in Rosemead, California , in a class that included famed fashion designer Bob Mackie . Under the stage name "Vikki Carr" she signed with Liberty Records in 1962.
Diana Natalicio (born 1939), first woman to serve as president of UTEP [44] [45] Mary Irene Stanton (1862-1946), founder of the El Paso Public Library [46] Maud Durlin Sullivan (1870-1943), librarian at the El Paso Public Library [47] Josefina Villamil Tinajero, bilingual educator [48] María Guillermina Valdes Villalva (1939-1991), scholar and ...
Sarah A. Bowman (c. 1813 – December 22, 1866), also known as Sarah Borginnis or Sarah Bourdette, was an Irish American innkeeper, restaurateur, and madam.Nicknamed "The Great Western", she gained fame, and the title "Heroine of Fort Brown", as a camp follower of Zachary Taylor's army during the Mexican–American War.
The El Paso Women's Hall of Fame honors and recognizes the accomplishments of El Paso women. It is sponsored by the El Paso Commission for Women [1] and was established in 1985. [2] The first inductees were honored in 1990. [3] Inductees are women who live in El Paso and who have made a significant contribution and impact on the community. [4 ...
El Paso (/ ɛ l ˈ p æ s oʊ /; Spanish: [el ˈpaso]; lit. ' the route ' or ' the pass ') is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States.The 2020 population of the city from the U.S. Census Bureau was 678,815, [5] making it the 22nd-most populous city in the U.S., the most populous city in West Texas, and the sixth-most populous city in Texas. [8]
Carmelita Torres was a "red-haired Mexican woman" known for starting the 1917 Bath riots on the Mexico–United States border between Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, and El Paso, Texas. [1] At the time of the riots, she was 17 years old and working as a maid in the United States. [2] [3] [4]