High school diploma

Archive

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Museum of South Texas History

Name/Title

High school diploma

Entry/Object ID

1972.002.002

Scope and Content

Edinburg High School diploma belonging to Emilia Schunior from the first graduating class of 1919. Emilia Schunior Ramirez was a distinguished educator and author of the lower Rio Grande Valley. She served as teacher and principal at a number of schools in the region, and later taught Spanish at Pan American College in Edinburg, Texas. Especially noteworthy are her master's thesis about undocumented Mexican children in the South Texas school system, and her history "Ranch Life in Hidalgo County after 1850." Ramirez passed her dedication to learning and regional history to her son, Alfonso Ramirez, who became the first Hispanic mayor of Edinburg.

Collection

Formidable Females

Acquisition

Accession

1972.002.002