by MyProject ByFranziska | Feb 11, 2023
Three Picuris women, Maria Ramita Simbola Martinez, Cora Durand, and Virginia Duran, helped to preserve the micaceous pottery tradition that remains important in Picuris and other nearby pueblos today. Picuris is a Tiwa speaking Pueblo located fifty-seven miles north...
by MyProject ByFranziska | Feb 11, 2023
Maria Montoya Martinez, Povika, “Pond Lily,” was a self-taught potter, who, with her husband, Julian Martinez, revived black pottery. In the late nineteenth century, pottery usage and production had been in decline as commercially produced goods became more common in...
by MyProject ByFranziska | Feb 11, 2023
María Dolores Gonzáles devoted her life to the preservation of the Spanish language and bilingual education programs. Bilingual education programs aim to teach children in two languages, with proponents arguing that a child’s literacy in their home language correlates...
by MyProject ByFranziska | Feb 11, 2023
Hot Springs, New Mexico, has long been famous for its healthy climate and many natural hot springs. After committing her life to helping others heal, Magnolia Ellis moved to Hot Springs, opened a clinic, and began using her knowledge, confidence, and a natural power...
by MyProject ByFranziska | Feb 11, 2023
An early female country and western radio star in the 1930s, Louise Massey Mabie was born in Texas, made her career in Roswell, New Mexico, and finally settled in the Hondo Valley in New Mexico. Her career spanned more than thirty years, from 1918 until 1950. Her...
by MyProject ByFranziska | Feb 11, 2023
One of the foremost women photographers of the twentieth century, Laura Gilpin spent more than half a century photographing Southwest cultures and landscapes. She is renowned for her photographs of Navajo and Pueblo people. Gilpin ventured into remote landscapes...
