In this interview, Alicia Quesada discusses the Ocampo family's settlement in Wickenburg, Teodoro Ocampo's cattle ranch, her childhood memories, her family's involvement in the Wickenburg community, her professional life, her work to oppose the Gosnell land swap, and her interest in and efforts to preserve Arizona's Mexican-American history.
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.
Wickenburg, Arizona.
Phoenix, Arizona.
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.
Wickenburg, Arizona.
Dora Quesada is in the second row, third from the left. Wickenburg, Arizona.
Wickenburg, Arizona.