Imagenes de teresa la mexicana biography

Article first published in Vol. 28 (2010-2011)

By Armando Rosales, Jr.   

Home to some remarkable people, El Segundo Barrio is one of El Paso’s oldest communities.

Imagenes de teresa la mexicana biography

In 1896, it was home to Teresa Urrea, one of the most important and influential women to walk the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico. Aside from her healing knowledge as a curandera, she is known for her political role in the years leading up to the Mexican Revolution.

David D. Romo, author of Ringside Seat to a Revolution, writes that “in many ways, the Mexican Revolution on the border began with her.” Through physical and psychological healing and political encouragement, Teresa Urrea became an inspiration to indigenous groups of Northern Mexico, as well as to people in the United States during the reign of Mexico’s dictator, Porfirio Díaz, and the years prior to the Mexican Revolution.

Image caption: Teresa Urrea, known as “Teresita,” mi