Latinas

woman playing a guitar

“Lydia Mendoza, Ciudad Juarez, 1937” by Ester Hernández, 1987. Screenprint on paper. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquisition made possible through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center. © 1987 Ester Hernández 

Color photograph of a mature woman dressed in black and wearing glasses in front of a mural of collaged images.
Amalia Mesa-Bains Creates Sacred Space for Women and Memory
November 24, 2023
lack and white photo of Marge Villa at bat. She wears a baseball hat and uniform.
Latinas in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Illustration of Judy Baca with an oversize paintbrush in front of a mural
Artist Judy Baca Embraces Community
Color photo of two women in front of a Garifuna food truck.
Latina Entrepreneurs Past and Present
Major Marisol A. Chalas in her flight uniform with a stormy sky behind her.
Smithsonian Snapshot: The Latina Pilot Who Broke Barriers
Jessica Govea
How One Girl Helped Build a Latinx Civil Rights Movement
Illustration of Diosa Costello in front of a Puerto Rican flag.
The Goddess of Broadway
Detailed blue pen drawing of Alice Bag on a cotton paño (handkerchief)
Chicanx Graphic Arts in Focus: Alice Bag
Colorful illustration of Carmen Herrera opening a box
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.
Julia de Burgos Stamp
National Postal Museum

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Studio portrait of Jovita Idar
¡Que Viva Jovita! Celebrating Journalist and Activist, Jovita Idar
September 11, 2023
Photograph of a woman with gray hair, wearing glasses, a purple-toned neck scarf, and dark clothing looking at a large tree with both of her hands on the trunk. A wood shelter with the wheel and tongue of a horse-drawn wagon visible is in the background.
Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2023: Ozark Women
June 23, 2023