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A
Glimpse into the Lives of Southwest Women - Julia Morgan, Maria
Martinez and Isabella Greenway
Edith Mayo
recently returned as a guest on our special ‘Southwest Women in
History’ online radio show to talk about the skilled New Mexican
potter, Maria Martinez; and Julia Morgan, the architect who built
the Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California; and Isabella Greenway,
Arizona’s first Congresswoman.
All three of these strong women accomplished many ‘first’s’ for
women in their time. Based in southern Arizona, Isabella Greenway, a
close friend of Eleanor Roosevelt, became Arizona’s first
Congresswoman. She also built a furniture factory that provided work
for WWI veterans, and later built the Arizona Inn. Maria Martinez
was from the Indian pueblo, San Ildefonso, in New Mexico. Maria and
her husband Julian worked together, and their pottery re-invigorated
the art of Indian pottery both artistically and economically. Julia
Morgan, one of the first female architects, was also known for
networking through women's organizations to meet her clients.
Besides the building of the famous Hearts Castle (see photo courtesy
of San Luis Obispo County Visitors & Convention Bureau) , she built
many YMCAs, and was known for her Crafts Houses.
Edith
is Curator Emeritus in Political History at the Smithsonian’s
National Museum of American History, where she worked for over
thirty-five years as a curator and historian. At NMAH, she actively
collected for the Museum’s holdings in women’s history, politics,
civil rights, and voting rights, and strongly advocated the
importance of 20th century collecting in museums. Mayo was several
times elected to the National Council of the American Studies
Association. Edith lectures widely on women’s history and the First
Ladies and serves as a Distinguished Lecturer for the Organization
of American Historians. In 2002, she curated and scripted
Enterprising Women, a national traveling exhibition on women
business entrepreneurs for the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe
Institute for Advanced Research, Harvard University.
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