Neither Diane Denish or Susana Martinez can claim the legacy of being New Mexico’s first woman governor. That accolade was long ago bestowed on another woman, Soledad Chávez Chacón (1890-1936), who was New Mexico’s and the United States’ first acting woman governor for two weeks in 1924.
Author: Patricia Trujillo
ARTivist: writer, artist, activist and educator. I am originally from Española, NM in northern New Mexico. I am Assistant Professor of English and Chicana/o Studies and was recently named the Interim Director of Equity and Diversity at Northern New Mexico College.