Olivárez, Graciela, 1928-

found: U.S. Cong. Senate. Comm. on Human Resources. Nomination, 1977 (subj.)t.p. (Graciela (Grace) Olivarez, of New Mexico, to be dir. of Community Serv. Admin.) p. 10 (b. 3/9/28)

found: Meier, Matt S. Mexican American biographies, 1988:pages 158-159 (Graciela Olivarez, lawyer. Born near Phoenix, Arizona. Became the first woman disc jockey in Phoenix where between 1952 and 1962 she was women's program director of the Spanish-language radio station KIFN.)

found: Wikipedia, viewed June 28, 2021:under "Graciela Olivarez" (Graciela Gil Olivárez, died September 19, 1987. Lawyer who advocated for civil rights and for the poor. In 1970, Olivárez became the first woman and the first Latina to graduate from the Notre Dame Law School. Appointed the director of the University of New Mexico's Institute for Social Research and Development in 1972. From 1973 to 1975 she was a professor at the law school and later became New Mexico's State Planning Officer in 1975. Olivarez served as the chair of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, and was one of the first two women on its board. In 1977, President Jimmy Carter appointed her the director of the Community Services Administration, where she served until 1980. By 1984, she was the owner of a management consulting/public relations firm in Albuquerque, New Mexico.)