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    • Cecilia D. Esquer

    • Cecilia D. Esquer

    • Raul H. Castro Institute and Latino Perspectives Magazine

    • Pima County (Ariz.)--History; Pima County (Ariz.)--History--Miscellanea; Tucson, Arizona—History; Legislators Mine Clifton-Morenci Heritage

    • With a passion for civic activism rooted in their Clifton-Morenci mining heritage, the women of the Cajero families have made public service an array of life. Carmen Cajero brought compassion, insight, stamina, and a tremendous work ethic to her...
    • Cecilia D. Esquer

    • Cecilia D. Esquer

    • Raul H. Castro Institute and Latino Perspectives Magazine

    • Pima County (Ariz.)--History; Pima County (Ariz.)--History--Miscellanea; Tucson, Arizona—History; Legislators Mine Clifton-Morenci Heritage

    • With a passion for civic activism rooted in their Clifton-Morenci mining heritage, the women of the Cajero families have made public service an array of life. Carmen Cajero brought compassion, insight, stamina, and a tremendous work ethic to her...
    • Mary Rose Wilcox

    • Mary Rose Wilcox

    • Raul H. Castro Institute and Latino Perspectives Magazine

    • Maricopa County (Ariz.)--History; Maricopa County (Ariz.)--History--Miscellanea; first Mexican American woman elected to Phoenix City Council and first Mexican American woman elected to Maricopa County Board of Supervisors

    • Born in Superior Arizona in 1949, Mary Rose Wilcox left eh copper mining town to purse a degree in social work from Arizona State University. “I cam down to the Valley and it was cultre shock,” she said. “There were only three Hispanics in...
    • Mary Rose Wilcox

    • Mary Rose Wilcox

    • Raul H. Castro Institute and Latino Perspectives Magazine

    • Maricopa County (Ariz.)--History; Maricopa County (Ariz.)--History--Miscellanea; first Mexican American woman elected to Phoenix City Council and first Mexican American woman elected to Maricopa County Board of Supervisors

    • Born in Superior Arizona in 1949, Mary Rose Wilcox left eh copper mining town to purse a degree in social work from Arizona State University. “I came down to the Valley and it was cultre shock,” she said. “There were only three Hispanics in...
    • Manuela Sánchez Sotelo and María Sotelo Miller

    • Manuela Sánchez Sotelo and María Sotelo Miller

    • Raul H. Castro Institute and Latino Perspectives Magazine

    • Maricopa County (Ariz.)--History; Maricopa County (Ariz.)--History--Miscellanea; Tempe (Ariz.)—History; first Mexican family to settle in Salt River Valley area (Ariz.)--History

    • Unimaginable hardships faced the settlers from Mexico and the eastern United States who began becoming to the Salt River Valley in the 1860s and 1870s. The unforgiving terrain challenged farming skills, required homesteading talents and presented...
    • Manuela Sanchez Sotelo and Maria Sotelo Miller

    • Manuela Sanchez Sotelo and Maria Sotelo Miller

    • Raul H. Castro Institute and Latino Perspectives Magazine

    • Maricopa County (Ariz.)--History; Maricopa County (Ariz.)--History--Miscellanea; Tempe (Ariz.)—History; first Mexican family to settle in Salt River Valley area (Ariz.)--History

    • Unimaginable hardships faced the settlers from Mexico and the eastern United States who began becoming to the Salt River Valley in the 1860s and 1870s. The unforgiving terrain challenged farming skills, required homesteading talents and presented...
    • Carmen Cajero and Olivia Cajero Bedford

    • Carmen Cajero and Olivia Cajero Bedford

    • Raul H. Castro Institute and Latino Perspectives Magazine

    • Pima County (Ariz.)--History; Pima County (Ariz.)--History--Miscellanea; Tucson, Arizona—History; Legislators Mine Clifton-Morenci Heritage

    • With a passion for civic activism rooted in their Clifton-Morenci mining heritage, the women of the Cajero families have made public service an array of life. Carmen Cajero brought compassion, insight, stamina, and a tremendous work ethic to her...
    • Carmen Cajero and Olivia Cajero-Bedford

    • Carmen Cajero and Olivia Cajero-Bedford

    • Raul H. Castro Institute and Latino Perspectives Magazine

    • Pima County (Ariz.)--History; Pima County (Ariz.)--History--Miscellanea; Tucson, Arizona—History; Legislators Mine Clifton-Morenci Heritage

    • With a passion for civic activism rooted in their Clifton-Morenci mining heritage, the women of the Cajero families have made public service an array of life. Carmen Cajero brought compassion, insight, stamina, and a tremendous work ethic to her...
    • Julia Cecilia Cuesta Soto Zozaya

    • Julia Cecilia Cuesta Soto Zozaya

    • Raul H. Castro Institute and Latino Perspectives Magazine

    • Mohave County (Ariz.)--History; Mohave County (Ariz.)--History--Miscellanea; Asturias (Spain); Retinitis pigmentosa; Sarah Coventry, Inc; League of United Latin American Citizens; Arizona-Mexico Commission; American Women in Radio and Television...

    • Julia Cuesta Soto Zozaya exemplified a moral courage and strong will to succeed. As a teenager, Julia was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa; by the age of 27, she was legally blind. Despite her loss of vision, Julia pursued a series of successful...
    • Plácida Elvira García Smith

    • Plácida Elvira García Smith

    • Raul H. Castro Institute and Latino Perspectives Magazine

    • Theodore Roosevelt Dam (Ariz.); Salt River Project; Americanization; San Luis (Yuma County, Ariz.); University of Utah; University of California at Berkeley; League of United Latin American Citizens; United Service Organizations (U.S.);

    • Plácida Elvira García Smith’s place in Phoenix history is during post-World War I at Friendly House, established in 1920. Disturbed by the poverty and racism she witnessed within the Mexican and Mexican-American community in south Phoenix,...
    • Dora and Alicia Ocampo Quesada

    • Dora and Alicia Ocampo Quesada

    • Raul H. Castro Institute and Latino Perspectives Magazine

    • Wickenburg Region (Ariz.)--History; Wickenburg Region (Ariz.)--History--19th century; American Federation of Teachers; Social Security Administration (U.S.); Stenographers;

    • Sisters Dora and Alicia are fifth-generation descendents of a pioneer Mexican family that helped establish Wickenburg, Arizona in 1863. After a long career in nursing, Dora became a teacher at the Veda B. Frank Elementary School in Guadalupe and...
    • Dr. Anna Marie Ochoa O’Leary

    • Dr. Anna Marie Ochoa O’Leary

    • Raul H. Castro Institute and Latino Perspectives Magazine

    • Arizona Border Rights Project; Morenci Miners Women's Auxiliary; University of Arizona; Mexican studies; Fulbright scholars;

    • Anna Marie Ochoa O’Leary is an assistant professor of practice in the Department of Mexican American and Raza Studies at the University of Arizona, where she earned her B.A. in political science and her Ph.D. in anthropology. Her research and...
    • Barbara Rodríguez Mundell

    • Barbara Rodríguez Mundell

    • Raul H. Castro Institute and Latino Perspectives Magazine

    • Maricopa County (Ariz.); Maricopa County (Ariz). Superior Court; Judges; Arizona State University; Arizona State University. College of Law; Arizona State University. College of Law--Alumni and alumnae--Periodicals; Arizona. Industrial Commission;

    • Barbara Rodríguez Mundell is the first female and the first Hispanic presiding judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court. She oversees the work of approximately 95 judges, 58 commissioners, more than 4,000 staff members, 25 justice courts, and...
    • Video: Julia Cecilia Cuesta Soto Zozaya

    • Video: Julia Cecilia Cuesta Soto Zozaya

    • Raul H. Castro Institute and Latino Perspectives Magazine

    • Mohave County (Ariz.)--History; Mohave County (Ariz.)--History--Miscellanea; Asturias (Spain); Retinitis pigmentosa; Sarah Coventry, Inc; League of United Latin American Citizens; Arizona-Mexico Commission; American Women in Radio and Television...

    • Vignette of the life of Julia Cuesta Soto Zozaya, who exemplified a moral courage and strong will to succeed. As a teenager, Julia was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa; by the age of 27, she was legally blind. Despite her loss of vision, Julia...
    • Video: Plácida Elvira García Smith

    • Video: Plácida Elvira García Smith

    • Raul H. Castro Institute and Latino Perspectives Magazine

    • Theodore Roosevelt Dam (Ariz.); Salt River Project; Americanization; San Luis (Yuma County, Ariz.); University of Utah; University of California at Berkeley; League of United Latin American Citizens; United Service Organizations (U.S.);

    • Vignette of the life of Plácida Elvira García Smith, whose place in Phoenix history lies during post-World War I at Friendly House, established in 1920. Disturbed by the poverty and racism she witnessed within the Mexican and Mexican-American...
    • Video: Dora and Alicia Ocampo Quesada

    • Video: Dora and Alicia Ocampo Quesada

    • Raul H. Castro Institute and Latino Perspectives Magazine

    • Wickenburg Region (Ariz.)--History; Wickenburg Region (Ariz.)--History--19th century; American Federation of Teachers; Social Security Administration (U.S.); Stenographers;

    • Vignette of the lives of sisters Dora and Alicia, fifth-generation descendents of a pioneer Mexican family that helped establish Wickenburg, Arizona in 1863. After a long career in nursing, Dora became a teacher at the Veda B. Frank Elementary...
    • Video: Dr. Anna Marie Ochoa O'Leary

    • Video: Dr. Anna Marie Ochoa O'Leary

    • Raul H. Castro Institute and Latino Perspectives Magazine

    • Arizona Border Rights Project; Morenci Miners Women's Auxiliary; University of Arizona; Mexican studies; Fulbright scholars;

    • Vignette of the life of Anna Marie Ochoa O'Leary, an assistant professor in the Department of Mexican American and Raza Studies at the University of Arizona, where she also earned her B.A. in political science and her Ph.D. in anthropology. Her...
    • Video: Carmela Ramírez

    • Video: Carmela Ramírez

    • Raul H. Castro Institute and Latino Perspectives Magazine

    • Musicians; R&B (Music); Jazz; Latinas; City of Phoenix (Ariz.);

    • Vignette of the life of Carmela Ramirez, a Phoenix native born into a family of musicians who has been a staple in the Valley music scene since the ‘70s. She has performed with headliners such as Tina Turner and B.B. King, and her musical...
    • Video: Barbara Rodríguez Mundell

    • Video: Barbara Rodríguez Mundell

    • Raul H. Castro Institute and Latino Perspectives Magazine

    • Maricopa County (Ariz.); Maricopa County (Ariz). Superior Court; Judges; Arizona State University; Arizona State University. College of Law; Arizona State University. College of Law--Alumni and alumnae--Periodicals; Arizona. Industrial Commission;

    • Vignette of the life of Barbara Rodríguez Mundell, the first female and the first Hispanic presiding judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court. She oversees the work of approximately 95 judges, 58 commissioners, more than 4, 000 staff members,...
    • Video: Barbara Mundell, Movin' Up Celebration 2010

    • Video: Barbara Mundell, Movin' Up Celebration 2010

    • Raul H. Castro Institute and Latino Perspectives Magazine

    • Maricopa County (Ariz.); Maricopa County (Ariz). Superior Court; Judges; Arizona State University; Arizona State University. College of Law; Arizona State University. College of Law--Alumni and alumnae--Periodicals; Arizona. Industrial Commission;

    • Latino Perspective Magazine's 2010 Movin' Up Celebration honors Barbara Rodríguez Mundell, the first female and the first Hispanic presiding judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court. She oversees the work of approximately 95 judges, 58...

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