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Bracero History Archive Oral Histories The Bracero History Archive collects and makes available the oral histories and artifacts pertaining to the Bracero program, a guest worker initiative that spanned the years 1942-1964. Millions of Mexican agricultural workers crossed the border under the program to work in more than half of the states in America.

The oral histories below are of women who were involved in the Bracero program, most of whom were female relatives of braceros or farmers. Sources are divided by language.

For more resources visit the Bracero History Archive.

Oral Histories Conducted in English

Pat Cobb http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/3099

Wonda Lou Wonicar http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/3096

Barbara Lancaster http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/3093

Trinidad Guzmán García http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/3084

Belen Soto Moreno http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/767

Rebecca Martinez http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/729

Carmen S. Cordova http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/673

Augustina Tafoya Nuñez http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/463

Ysabel Duron http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/481

Mary Gutiérrez http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/381

Susan González http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/293

María Esther Montaña González http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/278

Sally Gutiérrez McQuinn http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/161

Josie Carrillo Johnson http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/144

Tula Bareda Sánchez http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/98

Carol Norquest Jr. http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/97

Laurentina Ramos Juárez http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/95

Socorro O. Pérez http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/88

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Minerva Christine Ann Cheatum http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/77

Lily Gutiérrez Reveles http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/69

Inez Rios http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/56

Herminia Reza Contreras http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/55

Flora García Villalva http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/52

Eleanor Martin http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/46

Cora C. Reyes http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/42

Celia Castro Berton http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/40

Cecilia E. Concha http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/39

Oral Histories Conducted in Spanish

Clara Eligio Tenorio http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/3153

Orfa Nuemi Sobernis Gonzalez http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/3152

Melda Diaz Pacheco http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/3148

Melia Mandarin Ramos http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/3137

Delfina Perez Reyes http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/3133

Maria Robles http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/3132

Celedonia Corral http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/3127

Maria Carrillo http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/3122

Maria Zarate Macías http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/782

María de la Luz Saenz http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/762

María S. Reyes http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/722

Selerina Landeros http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/723

Alma Delia Fraile Barocio http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/694

Victoría Popoca http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/713

Sara Arrieta http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/665

Evangelina Basua http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/667

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Ofelia C. Cañez http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/661

Nellie V. Fraijó http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/662

Ramona Acosta http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/654

Matilde Alvarez Cañez http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/659

María Luisa Ramos de Terriquez http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/452

María Cantos http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/480

Rosa María Navarro http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/442

Enriqueta Quintero http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/449

Luz María Sosa http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/462

Bacelicia Meza de Peraza http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/439

Josefina Fajardo http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/422

Carmen Lua http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/436

Isaura Covarrubias http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/412

María Luisa Chávez Vuida de Flores http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/417

Elsa Murillo Rodríguez http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/406

Margarita López http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/410

Rosario Rentería http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/389

Luz María Ayala http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/399

María Ayon http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/372

María L. Menchaca http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/386

Ignacia Godinez http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/361

Judith García http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/360

Estela Vélez de Cervantes http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/327

María Carmona http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/345

Elia Calles de Figueroa http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/416

Virginia Solorzano Sánchez http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/322

Isabel Rodríguez de Moreno http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/311

Martha Sánchez Gutiérrez http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/315

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Irene Solís http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/280

María del Carmen Velázquez http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/281

Margarita Saldivar http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/279

Marselina Meza López http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/266

Perfecta Rivas de Rodríguez http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/277

Margarita Flores http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/242

María Belén Acevedo http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/259

Juana Ortiz http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/179

Francisca Barraza http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/167

María Félix Mota http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/172

Faustina Flores http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/139

María Irma Dávalos http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/154

Manuela Baquera http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/74

María Julia Garía de Contreras http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/75