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Ada McPherson Morley
Catron County
Activist | Entrepreneur |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
Southwest
Agnes Morley Cleaveland
Catron County
Activist | Artist | Entrepreneur |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
Southwest
Agueda S. Martínez
Rio Arriba County
Artist | Cultural preservationist | Educator |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
North Central
Amelia Elizabeth White
Santa Fe County
Activist | Community leader | Philanthropist |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
North Central
Ana de Sandoval y Manzanares
Valencia County
Community leader | Entrepreneur |
Spanish Colonial (1540 - 1821) |
Central
Captive Women and Children of Taos County
Taos County
Activist | Community leader |
Mexican Period (1821 - 1848) | Spanish Colonial (1540 - 1821) |
North Central
Carrie Wooster Tingley
Bernalillo County
Activist | Community leader | Philanthropist |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
Central
Cathay Williams
Luna County
Public servant |
Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
Southwest
Chief Justice Pamela B. Minzner
Bernalillo County
Community leader | Educator | Public servant |
Statehood (1912 - present) |
Central
Clarita Garcia de Aranda Allison
Bernalillo County
Artist |
Statehood (1912 - present) |
Central
Cora Durand
Taos County
Artist | Community leader | Cultural preservationist |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
North Central
Curanderas – Women Who Heal
Mora County
Community leader | Healer |
Mexican Period (1821 - 1848) | Spanish Colonial (1540 - 1821) | Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
Northeast
Debbie Martinez, “La Chicanita”
Bernalillo County
Activist | Artist | Public servant |
Statehood (1912 - present) |
Central
Doña Dolores “Lola” Chávez de Armijo
Bernalillo County
Educator | Public servant |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
Central
Doña Elena Gallegos
Bernalillo County
Entrepreneur | Philanthropist |
Spanish Colonial (1540 - 1821) |
Central
Doña Eufemia, “La Valerosa,” “The Spanish Entrada of 1598”
Socorro County
Community leader | Public servant |
Spanish Colonial (1540 - 1821) |
Southwest
Doña Teresa de Aguilera y Roche
Santa Fe County
Community leader | Cultural preservationist | Public servant |
Spanish Colonial (1540 - 1821) |
North Central
Dorothy McKibbin, “Gatekeeper of Los Alamos”
Santa Fe County
Community leader |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
North Central
Dr. Annie Dodge Wauneka
McKinley County
Activist | Educator | Healer | Public servant |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
Northwest
Dr. Meta L. Christy
San Miguel County
Community leader | Healer |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
Northeast
Dulcelina Salce Curtis
Sandoval County
Activist | Community leader | Educator |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
Central
Emma Estrada, Parteras of New Mexico
McKinley County
Community leader | Educator | Healer |
Mexican Period (1821 - 1848) | Spanish Colonial (1540 - 1821) | Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
Northwest
Estella García and Women of the WPA, Fabric Artists
Curry County
Artist | Cultural preservationist | Educator |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
Southeast
Esther Martinez, P’oe Tsáwä (Blue Water)
Rio Arriba County
Artist | Cultural preservationist | Educator |
Statehood (1912 - present) |
North Central
Eve Ball
Lincoln County
Cultural preservationist | Educator |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
Southeast
Evelyn M. Vigil, Phan-Un-Pha-Kee (Young Doe)
Sandoval County
Artist | Community leader | Cultural preservationist |
Statehood (1912 - present) |
Central
Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Gilbert
San Miguel County
Community leader | Cultural preservationist | Educator |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
Northeast
Feliciana Tapia Viarrial
Santa Fe County
Community leader | Cultural preservationist |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
North Central
Fern Sawyer
Lea County
Community leader | Entrepreneur |
Statehood (1912 - present) |
Southeast
Founding Women of Albuquerque
Bernalillo County
Community leader | Public servant |
Spanish Colonial (1540 - 1821) |
Central
Georgia O’Keeffe, “Mother of American Modernism”
Rio Arriba County
Artist | Community leader | Educator |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
North Central
Graciela Olivárez
Bernalillo County
Activist | Artist | Community leader |
Statehood (1912 - present) |
Central
Harriet Belle Amsden Sammons
San Juan County
Community leader | Entrepreneur |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
Northwest
Harvey Girls
Bernalillo County
Entrepreneur |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
Central
Helene Haack Allen
DeBaca County
Community leader | Entrepreneur | Philanthropist |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
Southeast
Inez Bushner Gill
Santa Fe County
Public servant |
Statehood (1912 - present) |
North Central
Josefa Baca
Bernalillo County
Entrepreneur |
Spanish Colonial (1540 - 1821) |
Central
Josephine Cox “Grandma” Anderson
Eddy County
Community leader | Healer |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
Southeast
Juanita T. Toledo, Pha-wa-lulh-luh (Ring-Cloud Around the Moon)
Sandoval County
Artist | Community leader | Cultural preservationist |
Statehood (1912 - present) |
Central
Juliana Gutiérrez y Chavez Hubbell
Bernalillo County
Community leader | Philanthropist |
Mexican Period (1821 - 1848) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
Central
Katherine Stinson Otero, the “Flying Schoolgirl”
Santa Fe County
Activist | Artist | Entrepreneur |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
North Central
Kewa Women’s Co-op
Sandoval County
Artist | Cultural preservationist |
Mexican Period (1821 - 1848) | Pre-Colonial | Spanish Colonial (1540 - 1821) | Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
Central
Ladies Auxiliary of Local 890
Grant County
Activist | Community leader |
Statehood (1912 - present) |
Southwest
Laura Gilpin
Santa Fe County
Artist | Cultural preservationist |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
North Central
Lea County Cowgirls
Lea County
Community leader | Entrepreneur | Philanthropist |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
Southeast
Little Sister Lozen
Otero County
Healer | Public servant | Spiritual leader |
Mexican Period (1821 - 1848) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
Southeast
Louise Massey Mabie
Chaves County
Artist | Public servant |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
Southeast
Magnolia Ellis, “Magnificent Magnolia”
Sierra County
Entrepreneur | Healer | Spiritual leader |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
Southwest
Maralyn Budke
Santa Fe County
Public servant |
Statehood (1912 - present) |
North Central
María “Concha” Concepción Ortiz y Pino de Kleven
Torrance County
Community leader | Public servant |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
Central
María Delores Gonzáales “La Doctora”
Bernalillo County
Activist | Cultural preservationist | Educator |
Statehood (1912 - present) |
Central
Maria Gertrudis Barcelo “Doña Tules”
Santa Fe County
Entrepreneur |
Mexican Period (1821 - 1848) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
North Central
Maria Gutierrez Spencer
Dona Ana County
Activist | Community leader | Educator |
Statehood (1912 - present) |
Southwest
Maria Montoya Martinez, Povika, “Pond Lily”
Santa Fe County
Artist | Cultural preservationist |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
North Central
Maria Ramita Simbola Martinez “Summer Harvest”
Taos County
Artist | Cultural preservationist | Educator |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
North Central
María Rosa Villalpando
Taos County
Activist |
Mexican Period (1821 - 1848) | Spanish Colonial (1540 - 1821) |
North Central
Marjorie Bell Chambers, Ph.D.
Los Alamos County
Activist | Community leader | Educator | Public servant |
Statehood (1912 - present) |
Central
Mary Cabot Wheelwright
Santa Fe County
Artist | Cultural preservationist | Philanthropist |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
North Central
Mary Coon Walters
Bernalillo County
Activist | Community leader | Public servant |
Statehood (1912 - present) |
Central
Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter
Bernalillo County
Artist |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
Central
Mary White
Otero County
Community leader | Educator |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
Southeast
Matilda Coxe Stevenson
Cibola County
Community leader | Educator | Scientist |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
Northwest
Mela Lucero Leger
Guadalupe County
Community leader | Educator | Public servant |
Statehood (1912 - present) |
Northeast
Monica Fuentes Gallegos and Carlota Fuentes Gallegos
Harding County
Entrepreneur |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
Northeast
Mother Magdalen and the Sisters of Loretto
Santa Fe County
Educator | Spiritual leader |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
North Central
Myra Ellen Jenkins
Santa Fe County
Cultural preservationist | Public servant |
Statehood (1912 - present) |
North Central
Nina Otero-Warren
Valencia County
Activist | Community leader | Educator | Public servant |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
Central
Pablita Velarde, Tse Tsan (Golden Dawn)
Rio Arriba County
Artist | Cultural preservationist | Educator |
Statehood (1912 - present) |
North Central
Peggy Pond Church
Los Alamos County
Activist | Artist |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
Central
Rose Powers White
Roosevelt County
Artist | Community leader | Cultural preservationist | Philanthropist |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
Southeast
Sisters of Charity
Santa Fe County
Community leader | Healer | Philanthropist | Spiritual leader |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
North Central
Soledad Chávez de Chacón
Santa Fe County
Public servant |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
North Central
St. Francis Women’s Club
Santa Fe County
Artist | Community leader | Philanthropist | Spiritual leader |
North Central
Susan “Susie” Parks
Luna County
Community leader | Public servant |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
Southwest
Tesuque Rain Gods
Santa Fe County
Artist | Cultural preservationist | Educator |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
North Central
Three Fates
Taos County
Activist | Artist | Community leader |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
North Central
Three Wise Women: Eva Scott Fényes, Leonora Scott Muse Curtin, and Leonora Frances Curtin Paloheimo and the Acequia Madre House®
Santa Fe County
Cultural preservationist | Entrepreneur | Philanthropist |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
North Central
Trinidad Gachupin Medina
Sandoval County
Artist | Cultural preservationist |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
Central
Virginia Duran
Taos County
Artist | Cultural preservationist | Educator |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
North Central
Virginia T. Romero
Taos County
Artist | Cultural preservationist | Educator |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
North Central
Women of Cochiti
Sandoval County
Artist | Community leader | Cultural preservationist |
Mexican Period (1821 - 1848) | Pre-Colonial | Spanish Colonial (1540 - 1821) | Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
Central
Women of Shakespeare (Emma Marble Muir, Rita Wells Hill, Janaloo Hill Hough)
Hidalgo County
Community leader | Cultural preservationist | Educator |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
Southwest
Women of the Santa Fe Trail
Colfax County
Community leader |
Mexican Period (1821 - 1848) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
Northeast
Women Veterans of New Mexico
Sandoval County
Public servant |
Statehood (1912 - present) |
Central
Yetta Kohn
Quay County
Community leader | Entrepreneur |
Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
Northeast
Zuni Olla Maidens
McKinley County
Artist | Community leader | Cultural preservationist | Educator |
Mexican Period (1821 - 1848) | Pre-Colonial | Spanish Colonial (1540 - 1821) | Statehood (1912 - present) | Territorial Period (1848 - 1912) |
Northwest
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