Advocate for Social Justice
— (1919 - 1992) —
Punished for not speaking English in school, María Gutiérrez Spencer devoted her life to validating the Indo-Hispano experience. A graduate of University of California, Berkeley and New Mexico State University, she pioneered bilingual and bicultural education in New Mexico, founding BOLD: Bicultural Orientation and Language Development in Silver City. Maria battled cancer for 50 years, but traveled worldwide to train teachers. She was honored by the Wonder Woman Foundation with Rosa Parks in 1981.| HM Number | HM1OX1 |
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| Tags | |
| Year Placed | 2015 |
| Placed By | New Mexico Historic Preservation Division |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Wednesday, October 28th, 2015 at 5:02pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 13S E 334639 N 3573029 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 32.28183333, -106.75595000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 32° 16.91', W 106° 45.357' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 32° 16' 54.6000" N, 106° 45' 21.4200" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 505 |
| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling South |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 2900-3048 NM-138, Las Cruces NM 88001, US |
| Alternative Maps | Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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