Women of El Paso, Texas 5

Women of El Paso, Texas 5

Women of El Paso, Texas 5

Women of El Paso, Texas 5

Women of El Paso, Texas 5

Women of El Paso, Texas 5

Women of El Paso, Texas 5

Women of El Paso, Texas 5

Octavia Magoffin Glasgow

Octavia Magoffin Glasgow (1900-1986) was the granddaughter of Joseph Magoffin. She played an important role in preserving her family home in El Paso, Texas, a rare example of the territorial style.

Área: Central / Magoffin

Fuente: Eva Ross

Cargado por: El Paso Museum of History

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Janice Woods Windle, El Paso, TX circa 1989

Janice Woods Windle built the El Paso Community Foundation into a major charitable organization that serves a broad range of El Paso/Juarez groups. She had a pivotal role in the "Save the Plaza" drive. She has authored numerous books based on her family history. El Paso, Texas circa 1989

Área: Central / Downtown

Fuente: Eva Ross

Cargado por: El Paso Museum of History

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Betty Mary Smith Goetting, El Paso, TX

Betty Mary Goetting, (1897-1980), was an early women's rights advocate in El Paso who, while doing volunteer work among El Paso's poor during the depression, became convinced that the misery of poverty was linked to family size. In 1937 she and other courageous women and men fought ridicule and boycott threats to found the city's first birth control clinic.

Área: Central / El Paso High

Fuente: Eva Ross

Cargado por: El Paso Museum of History

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Zacchia Jabalie Ayoub, Border Tobacco

Zacchia Jabalie Ayoub came to El Paso, Texas as a 13 year old bride. She and her husband built Border Tobacco into a family business that weathered the Great Depression, war, and other economic ups and downs.

Área: Central / Downtown

Fuente: Eva Ross

Cargado por: El Paso Museum of History

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CHARLEE LILLIAN Kelly, El Paso, TX circa 1944

Charlee Kelly began her career as a military officer during World War II, and retired in 1956 after attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel. Lt. Col. Charlee Kelly was one of four daughters of a former mayor of El Paso and among the first to enlist in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps during World War II. Her military career took her around the world, from Australia to Germany, and she served two assignments at the Pentagon.

Área: Central / El Paso High

Fuente: Eva Ross

Cargado por: El Paso Museum of History

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Kate Moore Brown, Se Atrevio a Andar

Kate Moore era una ciclista atrevida quien causo mucha controversia en El Paso, Texas, cuando se convirtió en la primera ciclista femenina. Aun con sus faldas largas y mallas, sorprendió a los chismosos de la ciudad al andar en bici por la ciudad. Hasta se llevaba la bici al trabajo al convertirse en maestra de música en una escuela pública. Fue miembro de la primera clase en graduarse de la Preparatoria de El Paso en 1887. El otro graduado fue George Prentiss Robinson.

Área: Central / El Paso High

Fuente: Eva Ross

Cargado por: El Paso Museum of History

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Maud Isaacks, House of Representatives Texas Legislature

Maud Isaacks (1895-1980), had been an English teacher at El Paso High School for thirty-five years before she began serving six terms as state representative from El Paso. In 1957 she was one of only three female members of the Texas Legislature, and at the time of her retirement in 1966 she was the only woman in the house in the House of Representatives. Details on Maud Isaacks available at: https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fis07

Área: Central / El Paso High

Fuente: Eva Ross

Cargado por: El Paso Museum of History

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Olalee McCall, secundaria Douglass, El Paso, Texas

Olalee McCall se convirtió en el maestro de inglés de la escuela secundaria de Douglass para niños negros en 1914. Más tarde, se desempeñó como directora. También contribuyó a la fundación de la Guardería Infantil McCall, una de las primeras instalaciones de cuidado de niños en El Paso, Texas. Marzo es el mes de la historia de la mujer en los Estados Unidos.

Área: Central / Five Points

Fuente: Eva Ross

Cargado por: El Paso Museum of History

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