
Wynne Brown—Remarkable Arizona Women
A nun, Sister Fidelia, opened a 12-bed hospital in Tucson in 1880. Botanist Sara Plummer Lemmon identified and painted 100s of Southwest plants. In 1912, educator Louise Boehringer became the first woman elected to public office in Arizona; she also edited and published Arizona Teacher. They are among 17 pioneering women born before 1900 whom Wynne Brown portrays in Remarkable Arizona Women.