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FLOREZ, ENCARNACIÓN VILLARREAL ESCOBEDO (1898–1968)
From: Latinas in the United States

Healing Practices, Spirituality, and Religious Beliefs
From: Encyclopedia of Latino Popular Culture

JARAMILLO, PEDRO (c. 1850–1907),
From: Mexican American Biographies

URREA, TERESA (1872–1906)
From: Latinas in the United States

URREA, TERESA (1873–1906),
From: Mexican American Biographies

Urrea, Teresa (1873–1906).
From: The Borderlands

Indigenous behique (shaman) treating patient; hammock in the background. From Girolamo Benzoni, La historia del Mondo Nuovo (1565).

Legendary healer Teresa Urrea. Courtesy of the William Curry Holden Papers, the Southwest Collection, Texas Tech University.

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