Jun. 12—Community activist, author and teacher Lois Rudnick in recent years began channeling the spirited power of Wonder Woman, the comic book and film heroine. She wore a Wonder Woman bracelet, a Wonder Woman robe, and yes, even Wonder Woman underwear, daughter Deborah Rudnick said. Wonder Woman was an appropriate idol for Rudnick to choose. Always a fighter, Rudnick continually pushed to .
.... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ....Eva Mirabal was a firebrand, a painter and muralist and likely the first female Native American cartoonist.
Eva Mirabal in 1944 examining a model plane while serving in the U.S. Army during World War II. She was preparing to work on the mural “Bridge of Wings.” (Courtesy of The Museum Of New Mexico Press)
Seemingly born with a spirit of adventure, this Taos Pueblo woman joined the Women’s Army Corps during World War II and raised two children all in her brilliant but brief life.
Lois Rudnick and Mirabal’s son Jonathan Warm Day Coming have chronicled her legacy in “Eva Mirabal: Three Generations of Tradition and Modernity at Taos Pueblo” (Museum of New Mexico Press, 2021.)