Santa Fe, New Mexico has an outstanding history museum and this summer they are featuring special exhibits about the women of the west.
“Imagine the story of the American West and you’re likely to see gunfighters, Indian wars and cattle barons. Where were the women? Everywhere, it turns out. This summer, the New Mexico History Museum begins filling in the historical gaps with four exhibitions focused on women past and present. Ranging across the centuries and ethnicity lines, the exhibits encompass African America settlers, New Mexico ranch women, the stories of Pueblo and Navajo women, and those of Hispanic women.
“The summer’s highlight is the exhibition Home Lands: How Women Made the West, June 19-Sept. 11. Originally organized by the Autry National Center in Los Angeles, it features additional materials from the History Museum’s collections. The largest of the summer’s four exhibits, it sweeps across the centuries in three regions: the Rio Arriba of northern New Mexico; Colorado’s Front Rage; and the Puget Sound.”
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