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ContributorsMelcher, Mary S. (Interviewer) / Quesada, Dora Ocampo, 1921-1998 (Interviewee)
Created1998-05-06 to 1998-05-07
Description

In this interview, Dora Quesada discusses her family's history in Arizona and work in cattle ranching, mining, and freighting; her education; learning English and her family's use of Spanish and English; religion; her career as a military nurse, civilian nurse, and public school teacher; racism in the medical and educational

In this interview, Dora Quesada discusses her family's history in Arizona and work in cattle ranching, mining, and freighting; her education; learning English and her family's use of Spanish and English; religion; her career as a military nurse, civilian nurse, and public school teacher; racism in the medical and educational fields; her political activity and work to oppose the Gosnell land swap; and her interest in and work to preserve Arizona's Mexican-American history.

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Created1946-05-10
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Back row, 3rd from left, Maria Rodriguez; 5th from left, Juanita Casares. Front row, 2nd from left, Alicia Quesada. The Flamingo Club was initiated during the World War II period as a patriotic organization to support the war effort because Mexican American [?]. Flamingo Club, Westward Ho Hotel, Phoenix, Arizona.

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Created1918 (year uncertain)
Description

Yuma, Arizona.

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ContributorsQuesada, Dora Ocampo, 1921-1998 (Depicted)
Created1931
Description

Dora Quesada is in the second row, third from the left. Wickenburg, Arizona.

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ContributorsQuesada, Dora Ocampo, 1921-1998 (Depicted)
Created1938 (year uncertain)
Description

Wickenburg, Arizona.

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Created1945
Description

Yuma, Arizona.