There has hardly been another plant collector as intrepid as Ynes Mexia, a Mexican American former rancher and social worker who collected more than 145,000 specimens despite starting her pioneering botanical career only in her mid-50s.
Join our Business Reference Specialists in exploring the lives of several Hispanic American business icons, using some of the biographical, business, and other resources available through the Library of Congress, on October 15, 2024, at 12pm.
The Business Reference project This Month in Business History has three new entries that feature United Farm Workers, César Chávez, and Dolores Huerta.
During the holiday season there are many diverse traditions. One food that is traditional in many Latine households is tamales, prepared at a tamalada, or tamale making party. Tamales are a Mesoamerican dish made with nixtimalized cornmeal dough—masa—steamed in a cornmeal husk, or banana leaf, and seasoned with cheese, beans, meats, and other flavors.
Explore Mexican American contributions to the U.S. economy using collections from the Occupational Folklife Project (OFP), the related individual worker reflections celebrated in the new America Works podcast, and the StoryCorps project, which has its archive at the Library of Congress.