March 1991
El Paso's Women Nurturing Tradition, Fostering Change
This booklet was a labor of love. It was coordinated by Eva Ross, Equity Program Specialist of the Ysleta Independent School District. For further information, call 915-595-5714.
The district gratefully acknowledges the artistic contribution of Keith Kochenour and the Laven Group who made this dream a reality.
El Paso's Women Nurturing Tradition, Fostering Change March 1991
This booklet was a labor of love. It was coordinated by Eva Ross, Equity Program Specialist of the Ysleta Independent School District. For further information, call 915-595-5714. The district gratefully acknowledges the artistic contribution of Keith Kochenour and the Laven Group who made this dream a reality.
TABLE OF CONTENTS EL PASO WOMEN'S- HISTORY COLORING BOOK Page Early Settlers................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Ti gua Woman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Dona Juana Ma Ascarate De Stephenson.........................
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Juana Marquez Dowel 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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octav ia Mago ff in Glasgow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Olga Berstein Kohlberg. • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Choir Member ............ '. . . • . • • . . . . . . . • • • . . . . • . • • • • . . • . . . . . . .
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Kate Moore, Daring Cyclist...................................
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Herlinda Wong Chew. . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . • • . . . . . • . . . . . .
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Zacchia Jabalie Ayoub. . . . . . . • . . . • • . . . . . . • . . . . . • • • . . . . . . • . . . . .
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Olalee McCall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Let Women Vote. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • . . . . . . . . • . . .
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Sarah Lea. . . . . . . . . . . . . •. . • . . . • . . . • . . . • . . .. . .. . .. . . • • . • . . . • •. • . • . • .
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Hedwig Mathias Schwartz. • . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . • • . . . . . .
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Eugenia Mananyi Schuster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . • . • • • . . •
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Mother Praxedes S. L.
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Betty Mary Goetting. . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . • • . • . . . . . . . . . .
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Lt. Col. Char lee Kelly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . .
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Priscilla Torres Renteria •...•....••........ ......•..•...•. _..
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Maud Isaacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Mago Orono Gandara. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • . . . . • . .
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Farah Women. . . . . . . . • • . .. . . . . . . . . . . • • . . . • • . . •. • . . . . • •. . • . . • . . . . . .
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Estella Portillo Trambley. . . . . . . . • • . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . • . • • • . • .
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Ingeborg Heuser. . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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TABLE !JF CONTENTS EL PASO WOMEN'S HISTORY COLORING BOOK Page Early Settlers...............................................
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T igua Woman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Dona Juana Ma Ascarate De Stephenson.........................
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Juana Marquez Dowell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Octavia Magoffin Glasgow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Olga Berstein Kohlberg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Choir Member. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Kate Moore, Daring Cyclist.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Herlinda Wong Chew. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . .
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Zacchia Jabalie Ayoub. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • . • . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .
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Olalee McCall....... . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Let Women Vote. . . . . . . . . . • . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Sarah Lea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . .
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Hedwig Mathias Schwartz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Eugenia Mananyi Schuster. . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Mother Praxedes S. L. . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Betty Mary Goetting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Lt. Col. Charlee Kelly.......................................
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Priscilla Torres Renteria .................•.....••...........
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Maud Isaacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Mago Orono Gandara. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Farah Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Estella Portillo Trambley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Ingeborg Heuser ............................ :._ ................
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Table of Contents - Continued
Page Rosa Guerrero. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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County Judge Alicia Chacon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Polly Harris.................................................
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Maria Elena F'lood.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Janice Windle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Dr. Diana Natalicio. . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Phyllis Armijo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • .
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Evelyn Bell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Lucy Acosta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Mayor Susie Azar ............................•... ·. . . . . . . .. . . . . .
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Page Rosa Guerrero. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . .
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County Judge Alicia Chacon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Polly Harr is . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Maria Elena Flood....................... ... ..................
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Janice Windle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Dr. Diana Natalicio. . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Phyllis Armijo...............................................
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Evelyn Bell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Lucy Acosta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Mayor Susie Azar. • . . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • •. • • • • .
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Alice James-Davis . • • • • . • . . . . . . • . . • . • . . . • . . • • • • • • • • . • • . . . . . • •
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Peggy Rosson . . . . . . . • • • • • . . . • • . • • • • . • . . • . . . • • • • • . . • . . . . . . . . . .
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Mary Smith Price . . . • . • . . . . . . . . . . . . • • • • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . •
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Malinda Marlin ......••••............••.•..•••·•••...•........
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Lupe Ri vera-Eggemeyer . • • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . • . • . • . . . . . . . . . • . . .
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Leona Washington . . . . . . • . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . • • . . . . • • . . . . . . . . . . . • .
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Tlgua women at the Ysleta Mission In the 1600's kept busy baking bread, weaving, and making pottery.
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Dona Juana Marla Asc4rate de Stephenson (1809-1856) was a gentle pioneer woman whose home at the present site of Concord.la Cemetery was a haven not only for her
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Juana Marquez Dowell (1833-1891). a Ttgua IndfanfJ:oDJ. Ysleta. married an A.merlcan saloon-keeper in 1852 and .m ade her hoID.e on.a ranch that later beCillD.e downtown El Paso. She was a devoted wife and mother to llerfive chlldren, .and when her husband was elected the city's first mayor, she served a.s El Paso's first ''First Laciy''. 4
Octavia Magoffin Glasgow. (1900-1986), granddaughter of Joseph Magoffin, played an important role in preserving her family home ...a rare Texas example of the territorial style. 5
Olga Berstein Kohlberg {1864-1935), who came to ~• Paso from Prussia In 1884 as a young bride, was committed to the cultural and educational betterment of El Paso. Due largely to her efforts, El Paso, In 1893, became the first city In Texas to establish a free public kindergarten. 6
\ Many El Paso women found great satisfaction serving their churches. They were choir members, fund raisers, and deaconesses. 7
Miss Kate Moore was a daring cyclist who caused a lot of raised eyebrows in El Paso when she became the city's first female bike rider. Even with her long skirts and leggins, she shocked the town gossips as she cycled all over town. She even rode the bike to work when she became a public school music teacher. She was a member of the first El Paso High School graduating class in 1887. The other graduate was George Prentiss Robinson.
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Herlinda Wong Chew was born in Guadalajara to Chinese parents. At the time of the Mexican Revolution she was living in Juarez and was among the youngsters who sold candy and cookies to the rebel soldiers at their camp near the smelter. After her marriage she and her husband moved to El Paso and became business partners and owners of the New China Grocery Company. Fluent in four languages, English, Spanish, French and Chinese, she worked continually for mutual understanding between the Mexican, Chinese, and American peoples. In addition to her business dealings and raising eight children, she was a student of international affairs, learned immigration law, and served as honorary Chinese consul in El Paso. 9
Zacchia Jaball.e Ayoub came to El Paso as a 13 year old bride. She and her husband built Border Tobacco into t1 family business that weathered the Great Depression, war, and other economic ups and downs. 10
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Sarah Lea, whose life revolved around her.family and volunteer civic service, has made history In El Paso by filling prestigious position~ tllat in l;I Paso•~ past have been monopolized by prominent businessmen. _lnt974 she .was namecUo the board of directors of one of the city's largest banks and served a.s the first woman president of the United_Way of El Paso.
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A Hungarian by birth, Eugenia Mananyi Schuster (1865-1946) was a multitalented woman who helped build social, cultural, and chartiable Institutions In early El Paso. In 1902 she assisted her physician husband and others In establishing Providence Hospital, and she served as the hospital's administrator for many years. 15
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Judge Lupe Rivera-Eggemeyer utilized her leadership role in civic organizations like the El Paso Commission for Women, the El Paso Women's Bar Association and her experience as a Family Law Court Master to prepare herself for election to a city-wide judgeship.
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The late Charlee Kelly began her career as a military officer during World War 11 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 AuxiJlary Corps during World War 11. Her military career took her around the world, from Australia to Germany, and she served two assignments at the Pentagon. 18
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In 1972, workers at Farah, many of them women, raised their voices to improve working conditions at the plant. The strike lasted almost two years. Now the workers are represented by a union.
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Estella Portillo Trembley is the first published Chicana playwright in the United States and an El Paso native. Her widely acclaimed plays and other literary works, which include a novel and a number of short stories, often reflect life in the barrio sections of the city.
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Rosa Guerrero has used the dance to enhance cultural understanding in our community. A lifelong resident of this city, she directs the Rosa Guerrero International Folldorico.
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Janice Windle has built the El Paso Community Foundation into a major charitable organization that serves a broad range of El Paso groups. She had a pivotal role in the "Save the Plaza" drive. 28
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Evelyn Bell, retired Assistant Superintendent for Instructional Services, Ysleta Independent School District, was, at one time., the highest placed female administrator for the District. She conceived and implemented the Ysleta Girls Count! .â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘a program to assist young women gifted In mathematics and science.
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Lucy Acosta, a recognized leader of the El Paso community, joined LULAC in 1956. Since that time she has filled many local and regional leadership positions. She is a member of the Texas Women's Hall of Fame.
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