The Blind History Lady Presents: Pauline Gomez, The Little Teacher With The Big Heart

By Peggy Chong

From a single-parent home came a young woman who would not let others’ misplaced kindnesses keep her down. Family and friends all praised Pauline for her intelligence and hard work, but when it came to providing her with a chance at a job, well that was another thing. Undaunted, Pauline joined and became active in many groups and organizations in the Santa Fe, New Mexico, community, taking on projects no one else wanted to do in order to be accepted, and it worked. But still she had no job—and no income. So Pauline made her own life and lived it to the fullest.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Peggy Chong
• Release date: Mar 27, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370754434

Peggy Chong

Peggy Chong is a long-time researcher and Historical author of many articles on the blind in the United States. She has written for publications that include The Braille Monitor, Dialogue Magazine, Future Reflections, The Minnesota Bulletin and the Iowa History Journal. In her growing series, The Blind Lady Presents, she introduces to sighted and blind alike, the many average blind persons in the United States who had to overcome not-so-average barriers to lead a normal life, support their families and succeed. She recounts all they had to do to become chemists, newspaper editors, plumbers, barbers, piano tuners, boat builders, teachers, lawyers, politicians and so much more.

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The Blind History Lady Presents;

The Little Teacher With the Big Heart

By Peggy Chong

Edited by Marsha Dyer

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Copyright 2016

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 -- Who Was Pauline Gomez

Chapter 2 -- Early Years

Chapter 3 -- The Reality of the Coming of Age/The Birth of Los Ninos

Chapter 4 -- The Wave of Success and Giving Back

Chapter 5 -- Her Legacy

Chapter 6 -- End Notes

Who Was Pauline Gomez

From a single-parent home came a young woman who would not let others’ misplaced kindnesses keep her down. Family and friends all praised Pauline for her intelligence and hard work, but when it came to providing her with a chance at a job, well that was another thing. Undaunted, Pauline joined and became active in many groups and organizations in the Santa Fe, New Mexico, community, taking on projects no one else wanted to do in order to be accepted, and it worked. But still she had no job—and no income. So Pauline made her own life and lived it to the fullest.

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Early Years

Pauline Lucille Gomez was born on March 29, 1920, the first child to Ramon and Josefita Ortiz-Gomez, in Moriarty, New Mexico. Her family's history in the New Mexico area can be traced back to the late 1600s, when her four times great-grandfather, military hero Nicolas Ortiz Nino Ladron de Guevera, came here from Spain with Spain's General DeVargasto, to help regain lands lost during the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. After Spain regained control of the New Mexico lands, Nicolas held military titles in the new lands and settled in his new home to raise his six children.

Another ancestor, Don Pedro Bautistra Pino, was a most successful merchant on the Camino Real and led a privileged life. His father, too, was a successful merchant from Mexico. Don Pedro served in many government positions in the Santa Fe area for decades. He bought interests in other businesses and land. By the time of his death in 1829, he was considered to be one of the wealthiest men (if not the wealthiest) in the Province of New Mexico.

In 1810, Don Pedro was honored when he was chosen by lot from three of the highest men receiving the highest votes to represent the Province of New Mexico in Cazid, Spain, at the very first Cortez (congress) for Spain's newly-organized elected body. He was the first representative who had been born in New Mexico to be elected to attend the Cortez.

He published a book to help his fellow delegates from Spain and its other colonies understand the poor and backwards province of New Mexico. It was entitled, Exposition. It was considered at that time and for decades after to be one of the clearest pictures