Before the Spanish conquest enveloped their native homeland of New Mexico, Pueblo Indian women play a role in their matriarchal society for centuries, But in 1848, treaty of Guadalupe hidalgo, which is a peace treaty between the U.S. and Mexico. it limited Settlement between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic.
It guaranteed american citizenship to all former mexicans in new mexico. and women in New Mexico remained disenfranchised.
But many people puts lots of effort to get voting rights for wormen.
For example, Otero-warren support among both spanish and english speaking communities
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