SANTA FE, N.M. -- Introducing New Mexicans to women from the state's history is the goal of a decades-long program that has put up nearly 100 roadside markers featuring the significant contributions of women from or with ties to New Mexico. Now the New Mexico Historic Women Marker Program is branching out to create a curriculum for schools based on its research.

The road marker efforts started decades ago. Pat French, a founding member of the International Women's Forum -- New Mexico, a leadership and networking group, noticed in the 1980s that there were hardly any women mentioned on any of the state's historic roadside markers. In 2006, the group secured state funding to work with the New Mexico Department of Transportation to change that.

Over the years, the group visited individual c

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