Collections Spotlight: Nina Otero-Warren

Collections Spotlight: Nina Otero-Warren

Adelina “Nina” Otero-Warren’ was a member of the National Woman’s Party Advisory Council and a leader in New Mexico’s suffrage movement who promoted use of the Spanish language in both education and politics in order to reach wider audiences. In 1917 Otero-Warren was appointed Superintendent of Santa Fe County Public Schools. In this position she…

Vase with Sixty Hieroglyphs

Primary Source Learning: Hispanic Points of View

Lessons The Huexotzinco Codex Drake’s West Indian Voyage 1588-1589 Cesar Chavez & Good Citizenship Dolores Huerta Collaborating to Affect Change (elementary) Building Coalitions to Affect Change (middle school) Inspiring Civic Responsibility (high school) Media & Migrant Laborers Perspectives Guided Primary Source Analyses Bank note explorer vignettes Community & Teamwork Houston, Santa Anna, and Cos Los…

José Manuel Gallegos

Today in History: José Manuel Gallegos

Today in History–October 30–the Library of Congress features New Mexican José Manuel Gallegos, born this date in 1815 in the town of Abiquiú. When Nuevo México became the U.S. Territory of New Mexico in 1848, Gallegos was elected to its first Territorial Council. He was then elected as a delegate to the U.S. Congress from the Territory…