Adelina "Nina" Otero-Warren (1881 – 1965) was a woman's suffragist, educator, and politician

Politician

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 in the United States.

Youth and early years

She was born in Los Lunas, New Mexico

Los Lunas, New Mexico

-2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:*72.1% White*2.0% Black*2.5% Native American*0.8% Asian*0.1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander*4.2% Two or more races*18.3% Other races*57.9% Hispanic or Latino -2000:...

 in 1881 to conservative parents who traced their heritage to eleventh-century Spain

Spain

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. Otero-Warren attended Maryville University

Maryville University

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 in Saint Louis, Missouri from 1892 to 1894. In 1894, she moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico

Santa Fe, New Mexico

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 when her uncle, Miguel Otero, was appointed territorial governor of New Mexico in 1894.

Political career

In 1914, Otero-Warren worked with the woman's suffrage campaign in New Mexico with Alice Paul

Alice Paul

Alice Stokes Paul was an American suffragist and activist. Along with Lucy Burns and others, she led a successful campaign for women's suffrage that resulted in the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920.-Activism: Alice Paul received her undergraduate education from...

's Congressional Union

Congressional Union

The Congressional Union was a radical American organization formed in 1913 and led by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns. It campaigned for a constitutional amendment guaranteeing women’s suffrage. It was inspired by the United Kingdom's suffragette movement....

 (forerunner of the Woman's Party). She soon rose to leadership ranks in the state Congressional Union, rallying support among both Spanish

Spanish language

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 and English

English language

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-speaking communities. Ortero-Warren lobbied New Mexico congressmen to vote in favor of the 20th Amendment. From 1917 to 1929, she served as one of New Mexico's first female government officials: Santa Fe Superintendent of Instruction, and chair of the State Board of Health. She was named Inspector of Indian Schools in Santa Fe County in 1923 and was appointed as state director of the federal Civilian Conservation Corps

Civilian Conservation Corps

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 (CCC) by President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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. Otero-Warren won the Republican Party

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 nomination to run for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1922.

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