Myrtle Attaway Farquhar
Myrtle Attaway Farquhar, an African-American woman with a Master’s degree in teaching from Texas College, dedicated her life and career to advocating for the Black community, specifically by improving education and advancing opportunities for Black students....
Mother Magdalen and the Sisters of Loretto
In 1852 Jean Baptist Lamy, the first Bishop of the newly created Archdiocese of Santa Fe, traveled through Kentucky where he convinced six nuns to join him in New Mexico. Led by Sister Magdalen Hayden, the sisters from the order of The Friends of Mary at the Foot of...
Monica Fuentes Gallegos and Carlota Fuentes Gallegos
Monica and Carlota Fuentes were sisters who married the Gallegos brothers, Francisco and Emeterio, on the same day, November 27, 1872. The two brothers recruited and led a group of settlers to a place then called Rincon, Colorado, that later became known as Gallegos,...
Dr. Meta L. Christy
Dr. Meta Loretta Christy broke many barriers for her race and gender. She was the first black graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy, the first black osteopath in the United States, and one of the first osteopaths in the world, perhaps the first. One of...
Mela Lucero Leger
Born Manuelita de Atocha Romero (Mela) in Villanueva, New Mexico, Mela spent her formative years with her grandparents in Colonia, New Mexico. By the time she was four years old she could read Spanish, which she did by reading newspapers to her blind grandfather. She...
Matilda Coxe Stevenson
When Matilda Coxe Stevenson moved to New Mexico with her husband, she became interested in her husband’s research at Zuni Pueblo. While she initially only helped with his research, she soon started her own research projects, ultimately becoming a pioneer in Native...
Mary White
In 1927, fifteen years after the creation of the Girl Scouts of America, Miss Mary White, Commissioner of the Roswell Scouts, led a vigorous effort to ensure that young ladies would have the opportunity to have quality outdoor experiences. In support of her work, her...
Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter
Mary Elizabeth Jane was truly a child of her times, someone uniquely suited in her talent and temperament to the burgeoning Arts and Crafts movement in the late 19th century. Her unique knowledge of native crafts and an innovative eye for merchandising and marketing...