In solidarity with the National Women’s History Alliance, this gallery focuses on the 2022 theme, "Providing Healing, Promoting Hope." The theme is a tribute to the work of frontline workers and caregivers, and also a recognition of the healing and hope women across all cultures have provided throughout history.
Stella Yellow Shirt and baby
Studio portrait (sitting) of Stella Yellow Shirt and her baby, a Native American (Brule Sioux) woman and child.
1899
Denver Orphans' Home
[1910-1915?]
Arapahoe woman Ft. Washakie, Wyo
[1920-1930?]
National Jewish Hospital, Minnie Kushney in lab
Nurse & baby
[1930-1950?]
Dr. Justina L. Ford
Doctor Ford was one of the first women doctors in the Denver area. She was instrumental in the development of health care in Denver.
circa 1935
Nurse with GI in hospital, Italy
A nurse takes the temperature and pulse of Tenth Mountain Division soldier, S/Sergeant George V. Geiss as he lies in his hospital bed in Italy.
1945
Pauline Apodaca, Cadet Nurse
1945
Denver General iron lung
1954 July 23
Migrant mother learns to sew
1959 August
Lake Junior High School
Well-visit with Dr. Debbie Chapman
Aleysha Gonzalez, 6 months-old gets her "Well Child Check" from Dr. Debbie Chapman
Nov. 23, 2004
Dr. Jenny Bajaj MD discusses lab results
Dr. Jenny Bajaj MD,MPH (left), goes over medical lab results on the computer with patient Ann Lackey at Kaiser's East Denver Campus
December 2, 2008
A nurse leads a tour of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
A nurse leads a tour of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in the Children's Hospital at the Anshutz Medical Campus in Aurora, CO.
September 6, 2007
Family nurse practitioner Inez Buggs
Family nurse practitioner Inez Buggs checks 18-month-old Joseph Zamora's heart during a routine checkup as he sits on the lap of his mother, Jennifer Armenta, at Clinica Campesina in Lafayette.
April 19, 2006
Teacher Linda Alston
Linda Alston, a national-award winning teacher who works in low-income schools, reads with her kindergarten student Ashante Pierce, 5, during class.
March 5, 2008
Lena Archuleta and Dora Valdez
Called "guiding lights" among Hispanic women, Lena was Denver's first Hispanic female principal and has a school named after her. Dora is the widow of Bernie Valdez, a civil rights leader in Denver history.
Nov. 25, 2008
Teresa Hinz of Ault, Colorado
Teresa Hinz, mother of 3, resting her eyes while holding daughter 9 month old Katie while Kylie plays during the Bishop Machebeuf Buffaloes vs Cedaredge Bruins.
March 9, 2007
Denver Paramedic Maryanne Foerster holds baby, Sariah Unique Trevino
Dominique Trevino, 18 lets Denver Paramedic Maryanne Foerster hold her baby, Sariah Unique Trevino, at a press conference at Denver Health.
January 28, 2009
(Superior, Colo., April 17, 2005) Melanie Pray, a firefighter with Boulder Mountain Fire, holds a cat named Abby she rescued hiding in a second story closet of a burned out building at the Horizons at Rock Creek Apartments in Superior, Co at 1995 Tyler...
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