Esther Kendall Moat

Esther Kendall Moat was a reporter for the El Paso Herald in the early 1900s, known for her controversial writings on the living conditions of Mexican migrants in the Chihuahuita neighborhood. Her reports often perpetuated negative stereotypes about Mexicans, reflecting the prejudiced attitudes of the time, and she documented the sanitation campaigns that targeted impoverished communities as part of broader public health initiatives.