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Ninfa Laurenzo, matriarch of the Laurenzo restaurant family, in May1990. She was affectionately known as “Mama Ninfa” to those who ate her tacos al carbon, chili conqueso and enchiladas.<\/p>\n
John Everett\/Houston Chronicle<\/p>\n
Ima Hogg is one of the women featured in a new large mural by Anat Ronen for The Women’s Home nonprofit.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Photo courtesy The Women’s Home <\/p>\n
03\/20\/1972 — State Sen. Barbara Jordan stands in front of her campaign headquarters at 1805 Austin, which opened during the weekend. Sen. Jordan is seeking the Democratic nomination for U.S. representative from the 18th District.<\/p>\n
Tom Colburn\/Houston Chronicle<\/p>\n
Dominique De\u00a0Menil relaxes in front of a museum housing her magnificent collection of modern art. The museum, The\u00a0Menil Collection, at 1515 Sul Ross, opened to the public Sunday, June 7, 1987.<\/p>\n
E. Joseph Deering\/Houston Chronicle<\/p>\n
Portrait of Terry Hershey, 90, at her home Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013, in Houston. Hershey, who has a park along the Energy Corridor named after her, has been a life-long conservationist. ( Johnny Hanson \/ Houston Chronicle )<\/p>\n
Johnny Hanson\/Houston Chronicle<\/p>\n
Artist Anat Ronen stands in the corner of Willowbend Boulevard and West Bellfort Street where she painted morning glory vines on a traffic control cabinet in 2015.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Marie D. De Jes\u00fas\/Houston Chronicle<\/p>\n
A new\u00a0Westheimer mural will honor six women who helped shape Houston, including Barbara Jordan, Ima Hogg, Terry Hershey and restaurateur Ninfa \u201cMama Ninfa\u201d Laurenzo.<\/p>\n
\u201cFaces of Change: Her Story is Houston\u2019s Story” <\/a>is being painted by Houston artist Anat Ronen<\/a>. A public unveiling is scheduled for Oct. 3 at 811 Westheimer Road in\u00a0Houston.<\/p>\n The Women\u2019s Home<\/a> commissioned Ronen to create \u201cFaces of Change: Her Story is Houston\u2019s Story,\u201d a 61-foot-by-20-foot mural celebrating six women selected by Houstonians for their influence on the city, according to the nonprofit. The project brings together figures from Houston\u2019s political, cultural, environmental, philanthropic and culinary history on a wall at The Women\u2019s Home\u2019s Cottage Shop on Westheimer.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n The Women\u2019s Home provides treatment, support services and housing aimed at helping women and families achieve stability.<\/p>\n RESTAURANT TRENDS: The hot new event at Houston restaurants? Mahjong night.<\/a><\/p>\n The Houston honorees<\/p>\n The honorees are women who opened doors, challenged convention, built Houston institutions and\u00a0created opportunities for future generations.<\/p>\n \u2022 Charlotte Baldwin Allen \u2014 As the wife of Houston’s co-founder\u00a0Augustus Chapman Allen<\/a>, she is considered the “Mother of Houston.” Her inheritance helped her husband and his brother\u00a0finance their early land speculation, including the purchase of land along Buffalo Bayou, according to the Texas State Historical Association<\/a>.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n She died in 1895 at age 93 and is buried in Houston’s\u00a0Glenwood Cemetery.<\/p>\n \u2022 Dominique de Menil \u2014 She helped build Houston’s international reputation in the arts and human rights. De Menil and her husband, John, established the Menil Foundation and\u00a0founded the Menil Collection. <\/a>She died at age 89 in\u00a01997.<\/p>\n \u2022 Terry Hershey \u2014 In the 1960s, when plans threatened to channelize Buffalo Bayou, Hershey rallied Houstonians to protect its natural character and helped stop the project. One of the city’s noted <\/a>conservationists<\/a>, she fought for the city’s natural spaces. Terry Hershey Park is named\u00a0for her. She died at age 94 in 2017.<\/p>\n \u2022 Ima Hogg \u2014 She was a philanthropist and\u00a0civic leader who helped shape Houston\u2019s\u00a0<\/a>cultural and civic institutions<\/a>. She helped establish the Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens and the Houston Child Guidance Center.<\/p>\n She died at age 93 in 1975. She also helped restore the Varner-Hogg Plantation State Historical Site near West Columbia.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n \u2022 Barbara Jordan \u2014 She was the first Black woman elected to the Texas Senate<\/a> and, in 1972,\u00a0the first Black woman elected to Congress from the South.<\/p>\n “A recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, she left Houston and the nation a legacy of courage, integrity, equality and principled leadership \u2014 and a powerful example of the responsibility that comes with having a voice,” according to the release. She died in 1996 at age 59.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2022 Ninfa Rodr\u00edguez Laurenzo \u2014 Known as \u201cMama Ninfa,\u201d she changed Houston\u2019s culinary landscape\u00a0and became a prominent Latina entrepreneur.\u00a0She opened a small 10-table restaurant on Navigation Boulevard in 1973 and helped popularize fajitas<\/a> in Houston and beyond. She died in 2001 at age 77.<\/p>\n ZOO FREE DAYS: Houston Zoo has 4 free days left this year. Here’s how to get tickets<\/a><\/p>\n The artist\u00a0<\/p>\n