Ranch Women of New Mexico
Exhibit opening
Apr 15, 2011
In conjunction with
Home Lands: How Women Made the West, the museum's Triangle Gallery will feature the work of Albuquerque photographer Ann Bromberg and Raton writer Sharon Niederman, who have documented the lives of 11 ranch women who have "cow-girled" or owned ranches in the state over the past 50 years. Through black-and-white photographs and essays, the often-underestimated role of women in the West comes to life through the women's dynamic contributions to the environment, their multicultural families, and their economic survival in a "boots on the ground" way of life.
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