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Old Spain in Our Southwest: Facsimile of the Original 1936 Edition
ISBN-13: 9780865345423 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 220 str.
Otero-Warren's Spanish conquistador ancestors dramatically altered the social and political landscape in Santa Fe, New Mexico, more than 300 years before she made waves as a 20th-century suffragist, educator, political leader, and businesswoman. "Old Spain in Our Southwest (1936)," records her memories of the family hacienda.
Nina Otero-Warrens Spanish conquistador ancestors dramatically altered the social and political landscape in Santa Fe, New Mexico more than three hundred years before she herself made waves as a twentieth-century suffragist, educator, political leader, and businesswoman. Otero-Warrens contributions to her community were not just in the political realm. She headed efforts to preserve historic structures in Santa Fe and Taos and built close ties with the artists, writers, and intellectuals who congregated in the area during the 1930s and 1940s. She was instrumental in renewing interest in and respect for Hispanic and Indian culture, which had for a time faced scorn and ridicule.Her book, "Old Spain in Our Southwest" (1936), recorded her memories of the family hacienda in Las Lunas. She continued her life at Las Dos as a businesswoman, educator, writer, and political activist until her death in 1965.
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