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Jeanne Gauna
Jeanne Gauna was an activist in New Mexico who worked on a wide array of causes, included environmental justice, labor rights, sexism and police brutality. Early life She was born September 26, 1946 in Vaughn, New Mexico. Her parents were Willie and Josephine Gauna. Her sister Eileen won an award titled the ''Fighting For Justice Reward''. Growing up in New Mexico, Gauna made it her life's mission to fight the injustices she and her family faced in New Mexico. Gauna received her education from the University of New Mexico where she earned a Bachelors of Arts degree. She pursued studies in the politics of traditional New Mexican communities, culture, history, and culture Personal life Jeanne Gauna had two sons. She died of cancer on February 17, 2003. Gauna had a son Jason with her first husband. She moved to Albuquerque where she married Eric Schmieder with whom she had her son Karlos. Career In the 1970s Gauna worked under Richard Moore, director of the regional office of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. It also borders the state of Texas to the east and southeast, Oklahoma to the northeast, and shares Mexico-United States border, an international border with the Mexican states of Chihuahua (state), Chihuahua and Sonora to the south. New Mexico's largest city is Albuquerque, and its List of capitals in the United States, state capital is Santa Fe, New Mexico, Santa Fe, the oldest state capital in the U.S., founded in 1610 as the government seat of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, Nuevo México in New Spain. It also has the highest elevation of any state capital, at . New Mexico is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, fifth-largest of the fifty states by area, but with just over 2.1 million residents, ranks List of U.S. states and terri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of New Mexico-LA
A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. The first universities in Europe were established by Catholic monks. The University of Bologna (), Italy, which was founded in 1088, is the first university in the sense of: *being a high degree-awarding institute. *using the word (which was coined at its foundation). *having independence from the ecclesiastic schools and issuing secular as well as non-secular degrees (with teaching conducted by both clergy and non-clergy): grammar, rhetoric, logic, theology, canon law and notarial law.Hunt Janin: "The university in medieval life, 1179–1499", McFarland, 2008, , p. 55f.de Ridder-Symoens, Hilde''A History of the University in Europe: Volume 1, Universities in the Middl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
