“Claiming a home is a potent way of changing the world.”
*Scharff and Brucken in Homelands: How Women Made the West
The women of New Mexico created and contributed to the richness of our state in unique and significant ways, weaving the fabric of home and a dedication to ways of life in diverse communities throughout the state. Walking the timeline of the Land of Enchantment’s history, we can hold the hand of a woman that will tell us the story of her experiences; from her hardships and successes that occurred along the way. In this lesson students work independently to learn about a specific woman from New Mexico’s history who is represented on a New Mexico Historic Women Marker through examining her short profile biography.