Latinas

Screenprint of Lydia Mendoza playing the guitar

Artist standing outdoors and wearing a beige costume

Photo by Gina Clyne

Exploring Border Stories with Artist Tanya Aguiñiga

Graphic featuring a black and white photo of Ginny Montes speaking into a microphone, the video title, and an illustration of Montes speaking to a group of seated women.

Activist Ginny Montes Uplifted Future Women Leaders

Illustration of S. Anesta Samuel standing on a New York City intersection of S. Anesta Samuel Ave., LaFayette Ave., and St. James Pl. She wears a colorful dress with swirls.

Portrait of S. Anesta Samuel by Rafael López. Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino.

Six Latinas to Know

Close up of Ana Mendieta. Her eyes are closed and her expression is calm.

Still image from Ana Mendieta’s Sweating Blood, 1973, single channel, super-8mm film transferred to high-definition digital media, color, silent; 03:18 min., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the American Women's History Initiative Acquisitions Pool, Administered through the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative, 2021.38, © The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection LLC. Courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co. Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

How Groundbreaking Artist Ana Mendieta Remembered Her Homeland

Illustration of Puerto Rican writer, Lola Rodríguez de Tió, from bust-up, holding a book open toward her. She has black, straight hair, pulled back, and a medium skin tone. She wears a gray, button-up dress, white collar, and a puffy necktie. Behind her, yellow, pink, and green leaves, and branches.

Latina Identities in Art and Literature

Illustration of quarter featuring Nina Otero-Warren with her hands clasped, three flowers, and the text "Voto Para La Mujer."

Image of 2022 Nina Otero-Warren quarter, part of the American Women Quarters™ Program. Copyright United States Mint. Used with permission.

Nina Otero-Warren Improved Education and Fought for Suffrage

Black and white photo of Marge Villa about to bat. She wears a baseball hat and uniform.

Marge Villa baseball card for the AAGPBL’s Kenosha (Wisconsin) Comets, issued 1995. National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

Latinas in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

Two Afro-Latina women in front of a Garifuna food truck

Sazón Garifuna food truck. 2020. Photograph by John Nova Lomax for the Brays Oaks Management District, Houston TX

Latina Entrepreneurs Past and Present

Illustration of Judy Baca with an oversize paintbrush in front of a mural

Rafael López, 2021. National Museum of the American Latino.

Collection Item

Artist Judy Baca Embraces Community

Cover of Hispanic magazine, April 1993. Gift of Linda Alvarado.

Three Latinas Who Made Baseball History

Colorful illustration of Carmen Herrera opening a box

Carmen Herrera illustrated by Ezra Gaeta.

In Awe of the Straight Line: A Webcomic about Artist Carmen Herrera

Painting of Julia De Burgos's face in front of a river with palm trees on either side. Her name is printed at the top of the stamp.

Collection Item

Julia de Burgos Stamp National Postal Museum

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