In honor of Women’s History Month, I remember the women who brought me here, my ancestors.

TOP ROW, L-R: Florinda GOMES Hamilton Posey, Clara Bell LARIZ Garcia, Clara Dena KNOWLES Lariz, Coletta Violet JIMENEZ Lariz

MIDDLE ROW: Jane Ann HOPKINS Knowles, Maria Carmen Amparo RODRIGUEZ Garcia Bello, Laura Etta YOUNG Gomes, Rebecca Elizabeth JOHNSON Hamilton

BOTTOM ROW: Mary Apolonia WEEKS Hamilton, Josephine GARCIA Hamilton Simmons, Nancy Bell RIPLEY Hamilton