Organizing women at CSU Pueblo
LHP_Intern2019-09-14T22:48:37+00:00In this excerpt from a 2008 interview, Deborah Espinosa is discussing the role she played in creating a place for women on campus and within the greater Chicano Movement as a form of working against machismo.
Dona Bernarda: Image from El Pueblo Museum
LHP_Intern2019-09-14T22:41:16+00:00“Dona Bernarda Mejia Velazquez delivered over 3,000 babies in her lifetime. She came to Pueblo, Salt Creek, in 1912 from her homeland in Mexico”
Expectations of women and family life
LHP_Intern2019-09-14T22:44:18+00:00Marie (Maria) Pauline Subia tells of her family and some of the expectations they had/have of women including herself.
Marie (Maria) Pauline Subia’s experience at Colorado State College
LHP_Intern2019-09-14T22:47:59+00:00Careers that were open for women. She talks about her experience going to school at Southern Colorado State College where she started taking classes but eventually stopped due to starting her family.
Five candidates as “Sweetheart of the Mayas,” 1943
LHP_Intern2019-09-14T22:51:23+00:00Photos of 5 of the 6 candidates for this position, chosen from the various clubs within the YWCA in Pueblo, all Latinas. They were presumably employed by CF&I.
Experience with racial discrimination and dating women
LHP_Intern2019-09-14T22:47:44+00:00Ray Aguilera describing some of the challenges that he and other Mexican boys/men faced when trying to date. Women (most likely non-Mexican) were not allowed to date Mexican boys/men.
YWCA Building
LHP_Intern2019-09-14T22:49:25+00:00Young Women’s Christian Association, built in 1935. Its 14-inch thick brick walls are stuccoed, and the gabled portions of the roof are covered with red tile. Architect Walter DeMordaunt designed the building.