Contributor
Ruíz, Vicki.
Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Descriptionxi, 260 p. ; 25 cm.
Note:Victoria Reid and the politics of identity / María Raquel Casas. - Gertrudis Barceló : La Tules of image and reality / Deena J. González. - The adventures of Loreta Janeta Velázquez : Civil War spy and storyteller / Amy Dockser Marcus. - María Amparo Ruiz de Burton and the power of her pen / Rosaura Sánchez, Beatrice Pita. - Lola Rodríguez de Tió and the Puerto Rican struggle for freedom / Edna Acosta-Belén. - Teresa Urrea : Curandera and folk saint / Marian Perales. - Luisa Capetillo : feminist of the working class / Nancy A. Hewitt. - Adelina Otero Warren : rural aristocrat and modern feminist / Elizabeth Salas. - Pura Belpré : the children's ambassador / Lisa Sánchez González. - Jovita González Mireles : a sense of history and homeland / María Eugenia Cotera. - Luisa Moreno and Latina labor activism / Vicki L. Ruiz. - Carmen Miranda : the high price of fame and bananas / Brian O'Neil. - Antonia Pantoja and the power of community action / Virginia Sánchez Korrol. - Ana Mendieta's art : a journey through her life / Carlos A. Cruz. - Dolores Huerta and the United Farm Workers / Alicia Chávez.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references.
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