By:Phaedra Calabaza
Women's history month started in 1987 to celebrate every remarkable woman who paved a way for the future. It could be someone famous or the people that you know. So many women have made a change and sacrificed things to make a difference. There are hundreds and thousands of women that not everyone knows about throughout the years. Especially women in Albuquerque. Tenth grader, Alex Tafoya says, “I feel happy because there is a month dedicated to us women, we are not appreciated enough in today's society even in general…the things that women have gone through throughout history shows our perseverance and our determination to make it in this world.” Her favorite women in history are Harriet Tubman, Kamala Harris, and the only one she knows that's from Albuquerque is Susie Rayos Marmon; she is from Laguna Pueblo. Marmon was an outstanding Indinouse woman in the field of education. Marmon's long career in education impacted four generations of Laguna children and was characterized as one that blended two cultures, She was included in her nephews book Laguna Pueblo. Donovan Martinez, a sophomore at Sandia, says, “I am grateful for the women who changed history and my mom always told me about women's history month, I sadly don't know any from New Mexico.” There are many great women out there through the years.
Barbara Brown Simmions was the first black woman to graduate from the UNM school of law. In 1963 she and her family moved to Albuquerque, she decided to pursue a degree in criminal defense. After working with the legal aid at the South Broadway Community Center. She believes that the stereotype of kids who “don't care” is untrue. Simmions passed when she was 74, she lived a long life and she will be remembered especially in New Mexico. Soledad Chávez Chacón was the first Hispanic woman to govern a state. She was born in Albuquerque on August 10,1889. Chacón earned a degree in accounting from Albuquerque Business College. In 1922 Soledad Chavez Chacon was elected Secretary of State, the first Hispanic woman to hold statewide office in New Mexico and the country.
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