24 Facts About Margretta Dietrich

Margretta Dietrich served as resident of the Nebraska Woman's Suffrage Association in 1919 and Chairman of the Nebraska State League of Women Voters in 1920.

Margretta Dietrich was the president of the New Mexico Association of Indians Affairs for more than 20 years and helped found and was the trustee for several organizations that advocated for Native Americans.

Margretta Dietrich's parents sent her and her sister to private school in Philadelphia.

Margretta Dietrich became the second wife of Charles Henry Dietrich former Governor of Nebraska.

Margretta Dietrich was elected President of the Nebraska Woman's Suffrage Association in 1919 and became Chairman of the Nebraska State League of Women Voters in 1920.

Margretta Dietrich reported in the November 1920 Alumnae Quarterly that she "was one of the Suffrage Emergency Corps to visit Connecticut in May," alluding to the unsuccessful campaign to get the state to ratify the 19th Amendment.

Margretta Dietrich served as President of Nebraska Women's Suffrage Association from 1918 - 1920.

Margretta Dietrich was President and regional Director of Nebraska and National League of Women Voters 1920 - 1929.

Margretta Dietrich moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1927 with her sister, Dorothy Stewart, an artist, and in 1928 bought the Juan Jose Prada House on Canyon Road, which had been restored by Kate Chapman.

Margretta Dietrich restore historic buildings, including the Rafael Borrego House, for which she received the Cyrus McCormick Prize for the excellence of restoration.

Margretta Dietrich restored the 24-room adobe hacienda of James L Johnson, a trader on the Santa Fe Trail, called El Zaguan house.

Margretta Dietrich purchased the hacienda in 1927, saving it from demolition for an apartment building.

Margretta Dietrich preserved a number of historic homes on Canyon Road in Santa Fe.

Margretta Dietrich continued her advocacy work in New Mexico for the Puebloan and Navajo people by lobbying against development of dams and exploration in villages.

Margretta Dietrich was president of the New Mexico Association of Indians Affairs from 1932 until 1953 and member of the Indian Arts Fund.

Margretta Dietrich raised funds for the New Mexico Association of Indians Affairs and developed programs to help Native Americans in the state.

Margretta Dietrich produced a newsletter to inform troops about their fellow New Mexican soldiers and what was happening on the home front, sent packages to the soldiers for Christmas, and generally sought to improve morale and support the Native American troops from New Mexico.

Margretta Dietrich was always alert and active in promoting the good of all the Indian people, and particularly of the Southwest Indians whom she knew so well.

Margretta Dietrich helped form the Indian Arts Fund and the Spanish Colonial Arts Society.

Margretta Dietrich served as a trustee for the Laboratory of Anthropology and the School of American Research.

Margretta Dietrich amassed 234 Native American paintings by 104 artists and representing 15 tribal divisions.

Margretta Dietrich's collection was shown at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, and other museums and galleries.

Margretta Dietrich was a patron for Native American art students of Dorothy Dunn.

Margretta Dietrich published three books in her lifetime and one was published posthumously.