Latina Legacies Identity, Biography, and Community

by Ruiz, Vicki L.; Korrol, Virginia Sánchez

• ISBN13: 9780195153996
• ISBN10: 0195153995
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780190288457
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-03-10
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

Spanning two centuries, this collection documents the lives of fifteen remarkable Latinas who witnessed, defined, defied, and wrote about the forces that shaped their lives. As entrepreneurs, community activists, mystics, educators, feminists, labor organizers, artists and entertainers,Latinas used the power of the pen to traverse and transgress cultural conventions.

Author Biography

Vicki L. Ruiz is Professor of History and Chicano/Latino Studies at the University of California, Irvine and Virginia Sanchez Korrol is Professor of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies at Brooklyn College. They are the co-editors of Latinas in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia and were both named Latina Magazine Woman of the Year in Education in 2000.

Table of Contents

Contributors	ix
Introduction	3	(155)
Vicki L. Ruiz and Virginia Sánchez Korrol
1 Victoria Reid and the Politics of Identity	19	(20)
Maria Raquel Casas
2 Gertrudis Barcelo: La Tules of Image and Reality	39	(20)
Deena J. González
3 The Adventures of Loreta Janeta Velazquez: Civil War Spy and Storyteller	59	(13)
Amy Dockser Marcus
4 Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton and the Power of Her Pen	72	(12)
Rosaura Sánchez and Beatrice Pita
5 Lola Rodriguez de Tió and the Puerto Rican Struggle for Freedom	84	(13)
Edna Acosta-Belén
6 Teresa Urrea: Curandera and Folk Saint	97	(23)
Marian Perales
7 Luisa Capetillo: Feminist of the Working Class	120	(15)
Nancy A. Hewitt
8 Adelina Otero Warren: Rural Aristocrat and Modern Feminist	135	(13)
Elizabeth Salas
9 Pura Belpré: The Children's Ambassador	148	(10)
Lisa Sánchez González
10 Jovita González Mireles: A Sense of History and Homeland	158	(17)
Maria Eugenia Cotera
11 Luisa Moreno and Latina Labor Activism	175	(18)
Vicki L. Ruiz
12 Carmen Miranda: The High Price of Fame and Bananas	193	(16)
Brian O'Neil
13 Antonia Pantoja and the Power of Community Action	209	(16)
Virginia Sánchez Korrol
14 Ana Mendieta's Art: A Journey through Her Life	225	(15)
Carlos A. Cruz
15 Dolores Huerta and the United Farm Workers	240	(15)
Alicia Chávez
For Further Reading	255