---------New Mexico State University Library (last updated 6/16/94)--------- Southwestern Women's Lives: Biography Books in the NMSU Library Compiled by Donnelyn Curtis dcurtis@lib.nmsu.edu March, 1994 For the purpose of this bibliography, the Southwest is defined as New Mexico, Arizona, western Texas, and the area of Mexico that borders those states. This list includes books about Southwestern women's lives, as individuals and as groups. Autobiographies and memoirs are listed in a companion bibliography. The annotations come from several sources, indicated by initials: LAP Laurie Porter SNM STORIED NEW MEXICO: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NOVELS WITH NEW MEXICO SETTINGS. Tom Lewis SIROW NEWSLETTER OF THE SOUTHWEST INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN (University of Arizona) AM Ann Macbeth (compiled from reviews) (SpC) before the call number means the book is in Special Collections * before the call number indicates that there is also a copy in Special Collections >Branson *TN140 D9 A7 Armitage, Merle. STELLA DYSART OF AMBROSIA LAKE. New York: Duell, 1959. Stella Dysart was a "wildcatter" who achieved great wealth in her uranium mines in the Ambrosia Lake, New Mexico area. >NewLib *CT275 J757 B3 Ball, Eve. MA'AM JONES OF THE PECOS. Tucson: U of Arizona P, 1969. Lincoln County, New Mexico during the late 1800's was a very turbulent time for Ma'am Jones as she raises nine sons and one daughter. LAP. >Branson *RG961 N6 B87 1980 Buss, Fran Leeper. LA PARTERA: STORY OF A MIDWIFE. Ann Arbor: U of Michigan P, 1980. Biography of Jesusita Aragon, who was born in 1908 and spent her life in San Miguel County, New Mexico. >Branson (SpC) F804 K5 O73 1967 Cheney, Louise. THE COCKNEY MADAM QUEEN OF NEW MEXICO. N.p.:n.p, 1967. The story of Sadie Orchard, a stagecoach driver who owned the stages she drove from Kingston to Lake Valley, New Mexico. She also owned a hotel in Hillsboro, NM, where she was a well-known Madam. >NewLib *F804 L6 W3 1973 Church, Peggy Pond. HOUSE AT OTOWI BRIDGE; THE STORY OF EDITH WARNER AND LOS ALAMOS. Albuquerque: U of New Mexico P, 1973. Edith Warner befriended local Indians and the scientists working in Los Alamos during the A-bomb tests. This story covers the 1920's - 1950's. LAP. >NewLib *PS3501 U8 Z57 1990 Church, Peggy Pond. WIND'S TRAIL: THE EARLY LIFE OF MARY AUSTIN. Ed. Shirley Armitage. Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico, 1990. >Branson (SpC) PR6023 A934 Z6 Crotch, Martha Gordon. MEMORIES OF FRIEDA LAWRENCE. Edinburgh: Tragara, 1975. >NewLib *NA737 C64 G7 Grattan, Virginia L. MARY COLTER, BUILDER UPON THE RED EARTH. Flagstaff: Northland, 1980. Mary Colter was responsible for the rock buildings located around the Grand Canyon. Her architectural works (1902- 1949) are found in New Mexico and Arizona. LAP. >NewLib *CT275 L838 A3 Hahn, Emily. MABEL: A BIOGRAPHY OF MABEL DODGE LUHAN. Boston: Houghton, 1977. >NewLib *ML410 G1693 H3 1983 Hall, Ruth K. A PLACE OF HER OWN: THE STORY OF ELIZABETH GARRETT. Santa Fe: Sunstone, 1983. A blind musician, Elizabeth Garrett wrote the New Mexico state song. The story paints a picture of her life in New Mexico and illustrates the family devotion of her father, sheriff Pat Garrett. LAP. >NewLib *GN21 P37 H37 1985 Hare, Peter H. A WOMAN'S QUEST FOR SCIENCE: PORTRAIT OF ANTHROPOLOGIST ELSIE CLEWS PARSONS. Buffalo: Prometheus, 1985. The story of a feminist anthropologist (1874-1941) who studied the Pueblo cultures in New Mexico and Arizona. She was committed to high intellectual standards, integrity, and social change. Her writings are exact and detailed descriptions of all aspects of the Pueblo cultures. LAP. >NewLib *ND237 B855 H54 1985 Hignett, Sean. BRETT: FROM BLOOMSBURY TO NEW MEXICO, A BIOGRAPHY. New York: Watts, 1985. The biography of Dorothy Brett (1883-1977) examines her close friendships with D.H. Lawrence and Mabel Dodge Luhan while the three were living in Santa Fe. LAP. >NewLib PS3525 A695 Z7 Kobler, Turner S. ALICE MARRIOTT. Austin: Steck-Vaughn, 1969. Alice Marriott was an anthropologist and writer. > NewLib *PS3505 A87 Z72 1976 Lewis, Edith. WILLA CATHER LIVING: A PERSONAL RECORD. Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 1976. >NewLib *ND237 O5 L57 1986 Lisle, Laurie. PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST: A BIOGRAPHY OF GEORGIA O'KEEFFE. Albuquerque: U of New Mexico P, 1986. >NewLib *PR6023 A934 Z7513 1973b Lucas, Robert. FRIEDA LAWRENCE: THE STORY OF FRIEDA VON RICHTHOFEN AND D.H. LAWRENCE. London: Secker, 1973. Translated from the German by Geoffrey Skelton. Frieda Lawrence was the daughter of World War I flying ace "the Red Baron," a World War I flying ace. She spent some time in New Mexico with her husband D.H. Lawrence. This story spans the 1850's through the 1920's and studies the relationship, emphasizing how Frieda permeated everything her husband thought and wrote. LAP. >NewLib *E98 P8 M28 Marriott, Alice. MARIA, THE POTTER OF SAN ILDEFONSO. Norman: U of Oklahoma P, 1948. Biography of Pueblo Indian potter Maria Montoya Martinez, whose work spanned 1881-1950's. LAP. >Branson QL31 H24 M35 1986 McCracken, Karen Harden. CONNIE HAGAR: THE LIFE HISTORY OF A TEXAS BIRDWATCHER. College Station: Texas A & M UP, 1986. >NewLib E99 H7 M4 Means, Florence Crannell. SUNLIGHT ON THE HOPI MESAS; THE STORY OF ABIGAIL E. JOHNSON. Philadelphia: Judson, 1960. A Baptist missionary (1872-1937) who lived among the Hopi Indians in New Mexico. She organized a church on the reservation and taught the first leaders. LAP. >NewLib *F786 D666 1991 Meyer, Marian. MARY DONOHO: NEW FIRST LADY OF THE SANTA FE TRAIL. Santa Fe: Ancient City, 1991. Mary Donoho wrote of the four years she and her husband lived in Santa Fe (1833-1837), managing a hotel; they followed the Santa Fe trail several times between Missouri and New Mexico. Her story is one of uncommon courage in the face of adversity. LAP. >NewLib *PS3515 E42 Z8 Pearce, T. M. ALICE CORBIN HENDERSON. Austin: Steck- Vaughn, 1969. A biographical sketch of the poet Alice Corbin Henderson, who spent much of her adult life in New Mexico during the 1920's and 30's. LAP. >NewLib *E99 A16 L496 1984 Peterson, Susan H. Lucy M. Lewis, American Indian Potter. New York: Harper, 1984. Acoma Pueblo was the home of potter Lucy M. Lewis. Between 1950 and 1980, Lucy crafted her pottery from the symbols and stories she grew up with. LAP. >Branson (SpC) E99 N3 R34 Reichard, Gladys A. Dezba, Woman of the Desert. New York: Augustin, 1939. >NewLib E175.5 F4 R4 Remley, David A. ERNA FERGUSSON. Austin: Steck-Vaughn, 1969. >Branson *TR647 G53 S36 1986 Sandweiss, Martha A. LAURA GILPIN: AN ENDURING GRACE. Fort Worth: Amon Carter Museum, 1986. Photographer Laura Gilpin (1891-1979) spent many years in northern New Mexico. >NewLib PS3509 R28 Z85 Sewell, Ernestine P. LOULA GRACE ERDMAN. Austin: Steck- Vaughn, 1970. Loula Grace Erdman, a novelist, wrote about Texas and the Southwest beginning in the 1940's. LAP. >NewLib *PS3501 U8 Z88 1989 Stineman, Esther. MARY AUSTIN: SONG OF A MAVERICK. New Haven: Yale UP, 1989. This biography of Mary Austin focuses on the personal and artistic eccentricities and tragedies of her life. LAP.