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New Mexico Women’s Historic Marker Initiative Historical Markers
The New Mexico Women’s Historic Marker Initiative markers series consists of close to 100 markers that now grace the highways and small towns in the state. See nmhistoricwomen.org for the complete list.
By Bill Kirchner, July 22, 2011
New Mexico Historic Women Marker Initiative
1 ► New Mexico, Bernalillo County, Albuquerque, Barelas — La Doctora María Dolores Gonzáles — (1917-1975) —  |
| 2 ► New Mexico, Bernalillo County, Albuquerque, Old Town — Founding Women of Albuquerque — |
| 3 ► New Mexico, Bernalillo County, Albuquerque, Raynolds Addition — Harvey Girls / Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter, 1869 - 1958 — |
| 4 ► New Mexico, Bernalillo County, Albuquerque, Sandia Heights — Doña Dolores “Lola” Chávez de Armijo — (1858-1929) — New Mexico Historic Women Marker Initiative — |
| 5 ► New Mexico, Bernalillo County, Albuquerque, South Broadway — Graciela Olivárez — (1928-1987) — New Mexico Historic Women Marker Initiative — |
| 6 ► New Mexico, Catron County, Datil — 630 — Ada McPherson Morley (1852-1917) — |
| 7 ► New Mexico, Chaves County, Roswell — Louise Massey Mabie (1902-1983) — The Original Rhinestone Cowgirl — |
| 8 ► New Mexico, Cibola County, Laguna, New Laguna — Susie Rayos Marmon - Ga-wa goo maa (Early Riser) — 1877-1988 — Laguna Pueblo — |
| 9 ► New Mexico, Cibola County, Ramah — Matilda Coxe Stevenson (1849-1915) / New Mexico Historic Women Marker Initiative — |
| 10 ► New Mexico, Colfax County, Maxwell — Women of the Santa Fe Trail / New Mexico Historic Women Marker Initiative — |
| 11 ► New Mexico, Curry County, Melrose — Estella García / Fabric Artists: Women of the WPA — |
| 12 ► New Mexico, Doña Ana County, Doña Ana — Doña Ana (1604–1680) — |
| 13 ► New Mexico, Doña Ana County, Las Cruces — María Gutiérrez Spencer — Advocate for Social Justice — (1919 - 1992) — |
| 14 ► New Mexico, Eddy County, Carlsbad — Josephine Cox "Grandma" Anderson — The Angel of the Pecos (1849-1941) — |
| 15 ► New Mexico, Grant County, Hanover — Ladies Auxiliary of Local 890 — Mine Mill & Smelter — (1951-1952) — |
| 16 ► New Mexico, Grant County, Silver City — Anita Scott Coleman — Author and Poet — (1890-1960) — |
| 17 ► New Mexico, Guadalupe County, La Loma — Mela Leger-Bilingual Education Pioneer — (1928-2006) — |
| 18 ► New Mexico, Hidalgo County, Lordsburg — The Women of Shakespeare — |
| 19 ► New Mexico, Lea County, Tatum — Lea County Cowgirls — Dessie Sawyer (1897-1990) — Fern Sawyer (1917-1993) — |
| 20 ► New Mexico, Lincoln County, Alto — Birthplace of Elizabeth Gutierrez Garrett — (1885-1947) — |
| 21 ► New Mexico, Luna County, Columbus — Susan Parks — 1895-1981 — Official Scenic Historic Marker — |
| 22 ► New Mexico, Luna County, Deming — Carlotta Thompkins Thurmond — "Lottie Deno" — (1844-1934) — |
| 23 ► New Mexico, Luna County, Deming — Cathay Williams — (c1850 – Death Date Unknown) — Reported damaged |
| 24 ► New Mexico, Luna County, Deming — Mary Ann Deming Crocker — Namesake of Deming — (1829-1889) — |
| 25 ► New Mexico, Mora County, Mora — Curanderas — Women Who Heal — New Mexico Historic Women Marker Initiative — |
| 26 ► New Mexico, Otero County, Mescalero — Lozen, Little Sister — “A Shield to Her People” — (ca. 1840-1889) — |
| 27 ► New Mexico, Quay County, Tucumcari — Yetta Kohn (1843 – 1917) — Matriarch, Cattle Rancher and Business Woman — |
| 28 ► New Mexico, Rio Arriba County, Abiquiu — Georgia O’Keeffe — (1887–1986) — New Mexico Historic Women Marker Initiative — |
| 29 ► New Mexico, Rio Arriba County, Alcalde — Doña Margarita Martín c1700-1743 / Historic Women of Colonial New Mexico and their Wills 1598 - 1821 — |
| 30 ► New Mexico, Rio Arriba County, Medanales — Agueda S. Martinez (1898–2000) — “You Will Find Me Dancing On the Loom” — |
| 31 ► New Mexico, Rio Arriba County, Ohkay Owingeh — Esther Martinez - P’oe Tsáwäˀ (1912-2006) — Ohkay Owingeh — |
| 32 ► New Mexico, Rio Arriba County, Santa Clara Pueblo — Pablita Velarde, Tse Tsan, Golden Dawn — (1918-2006) — Santa Clara Pueblo — |
| 33 ► New Mexico, Roosevelt County, Portales — Rose Powers White — (1894-1969) — Guardian of History — |
| 34 ► New Mexico, San Juan County, Farmington — Harriet Belle Amsden Sammons (1876-1954) — Bank President — |
| 35 ► New Mexico, San Miguel County, Las Vegas — Dr. Meta L. Christy / New Mexico Historic Women Marker Initiative — |
| 36 ► New Mexico, San Miguel County, Las Vegas — Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Gilbert (1895-1991) / New Mexico Historic Women Marker Initiative — |
| 37 ► New Mexico, Sandoval County, Jemez Pueblo — Evelyn M. Vigil, Phan-Un-Pha-Kee (Young Doe) 1921–1995 — Juanita T. Toledo, Pha-Wa-Luh-Luh (Ring-Cloud Around the Moon) 1914–1999 — New Mexico Historic Women Marker Initiative — |
| 38 ► New Mexico, Sandoval County, Kewa Pueblo — Kewa Women's Co-op — Santo Domingo Pueblo — |
| 39 ► New Mexico, Sandoval County, Peña Blanca, Cochiti Pueblo — Women of Cochiti — Cochiti Pueblo — New Mexico Historic Women Marker Initiative — |
| 40 ► New Mexico, Sandoval County, Placitas — Women Veterans of New Mexico — |
| 41 ► New Mexico, Sandoval County, Rio Rancho — Dulcelina Salce Curtis (1904-1995) — |
| 42 ► New Mexico, Sandoval County, Zia Pueblo — Trinidad Gachupin Medina (ca. 1883-1964) — Zia Pueblo — |
| 43 ► New Mexico, Santa Fe County, La Cienega — Hispanic Women of Colonial New Mexico and Land Ownership — Vega y Coca Sisters – Feliciana, Leonarda, Maria, Apolonia, Francisca, and Isabel c. 1700-1750 — |
| 44 ► New Mexico, Santa Fe County, La Cienega — Hispanic Women of Colonial New Mexico and the Law / Doña Rosa Bustamante (1735-1814) — |
| 45 ► New Mexico, Santa Fe County, Nambe Pueblo — The St. Francis Women's Club — Nambe Pueblo — |
| 46 ► New Mexico, Santa Fe County, Pojoaque — Feliciana Tapia Viarrial (1904-1988) — Pojoaque Pueblo — |
| 47 ► New Mexico, Santa Fe County, San Ildefonso Pueblo — Maria Montoya Martinez, (Povika, Pond Lily) — (ca. 1886-1980) — San Ildefonso Pueblo — |
| 48 ► New Mexico, Santa Fe County, Santa Fe — Amelia Elizabeth White / Mary Cabot Wheelwright — (1878-1972) / (1878-1958) — |
| 49 ► New Mexico, Santa Fe County, Santa Fe — Doña Teresa de Aguilera y Roche — |
| 50 ► New Mexico, Santa Fe County, Santa Fe — Dorothy Scarritt McKibbin — 1897-1985 — |
| 51 ► New Mexico, Santa Fe County, Santa Fe — Katherine Stinson Otero — 1891-1977 — |
| 52 ► New Mexico, Santa Fe County, Santa Fe — Laura Gilpin (1891-1979) — |
| 53 ► New Mexico, Santa Fe County, Santa Fe — Maria Gertrudis Barceló — Doña Tules — (c. 1800-1852) — |
| 54 ► New Mexico, Santa Fe County, Santa Fe — 574 — Mother Magdalen and the Sisters of Loretto (1852-1968) — |
| 55 ► New Mexico, Santa Fe County, Santa Fe — Sisters of Charity — |
| 56 ► New Mexico, Santa Fe County, Santa Fe — Three Wise Women — Eva Scott Fenyes, 1849-1930 Leonora Scott Muse Curtin, 1879-1972 / Leonora Curtin Paloheimo, 1903 — |
| 57 ► New Mexico, Sierra County, Hillsboro — Sadie Orchard — (1860 - 1943) — |
| 58 ► New Mexico, Sierra County, Truth or Consequences — "Magnificent Magnolia" — (1893-1974) — |
| 59 ► New Mexico, Sierra County, Truth or Consequences — Carrie Tingley — Advocate for Sick Children — (1877-1961) — |
| 60 ► New Mexico, Sierra County, Truth or Consequences — Magnolia Ellis, “Magnificent Magnolia” — (1893-1974) — Reported permanently removed |
| 61 ► New Mexico, Socorro County, San Acacia — Doña Eufemia — "La Valerosa" — The Spanish Entrada of 1598 — |
| 62 ► New Mexico, Socorro County, Socorro — Women of the Camino Real — |
| 63 ► New Mexico, Taos County, Arroyo Hondo — Cleofas Martinez Jaramillo — 1878-1956 — |
| 64 ► New Mexico, Taos County, Picuris Pueblo — Maria Ramita Simbola Martinez "Summer Harvest" (1884-1969) — Cora Durand (1904-1981),Virginia Duran (1904-1998) — Picuris Pueblo — |
| 65 ► New Mexico, Taos County, Ranchos de Taos — Captive Women and Children of Taos County / María Rosa Villapando, (ca. 1725-1830) — |
| 66 ► New Mexico, Torrance County, Clines Corners, Stanley — María "Concha" Concepción Ortiz y Pino de Kleven (1910-2006) — |
| 67 ► New Mexico, Union County, Folsom — Sarah "Sally" J. Rooke / New Mexico Historic Women Marker Initiative — Official Scenic Historic Marker — |