Juliana Gutiérrez y Chavez Hubbell
Juliana Gutiérrez y Chavez Hubbell was a member of two prominent early Spanish families in New Mexico and a descendant of Josefa Baca, a woman who was the original owner of the land comprising present-day Pajarito. In 1849, at the age of 16, she wed trader and army...
Amelia Elizabeth White
Amelia Elizabeth White and her younger sister Martha arrived in Santa Fe in 1923, purchased land, and built a magnificent estate on Garcia Street, now home to the School for Advanced Research (SAR). El Delirio, or the Madness as it was called, quickly became a...
Doña Elena Gallegos
Doña Elena Gallegos was the daughter of early seventeenth-century Hispanic colonists Antonio Gallegos and Catalina Baca. They fled New Mexico with their newborn daughter during the 1680 Pueblo Revolt. She returned as a young girl in 1693 with two brothers and an...
St. Francis Women’s Club
The San Francisco de Assisi Church at Nambe Pueblo has been rebuilt several times since the Spanish brought Catholicism to the area in the 1600s. The current structure was built largely through the efforts of the St. Francis Women’s Club, which organized annual...
Sisters of Charity
The first Sisters of Charity arrived in New Mexico Territory in 1865 from Cincinnati at the request of Bishop Lamy with the mission of serving all people regardless of race, religion or ability to pay. Hundreds of sisters followed. They established some of the most...
Sarah Jane Creech, “Sadie” Orchard
As with many colorful and charismatic historical characters, history and legend have entwined with Sadie Orchard, producing widely varying accounts of her life and lifestyle. While conflicting information and interpretations of her life can complicate her biography,...
Rose Powers White
Rose Powers White devoted her life to teaching and sharing. A teacher until the birth of her first child, she became deeply interested in New Mexico’s early history through her family, recording oral histories and researching early cowboys and settlers. An avid...
Mary Cabot Wheelwright
Mary Cabot Wheelwright was born into the privileged society of Boston, Massachusetts. The only child of Andrew Cunningham Wheelwright and Sarah Perkins Cabot Wheelwright, she led a sheltered existence within the confines of permissible behavior for young ladies....