1912: New Mexico becomes the 47th state admitted to the Union.

1917: Suffragist Nina Otero-Warren is appointed superintendent of Santa Fe County schools. She would win a race to retain the position in 1918.

1919: Congress passes the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting women the right to vote. It guarantees "the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex."

1920: After years of advocacy by local suffragists like Otero Warren , the New Mexico Legislature votes to ratify the 19th Amendment. By August 1920, at least two-thirds of states adopted the constitutional amendment, making it the law of the land.

For many women in New Mexico, however, ratification of the amendment was jus

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