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Product details
- ISBN 9780195153989
- Weight: 485g
- Dimensions: 240 x 171mm
- Publication Date: 17 Mar 2005
- Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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An extraordinary exploration of Latinas in the United States from the 1800s to the present, this collection of narrative biographies documents the lives of fifteen remarkable individuals who witnessed, defined, defied, and wrote about the forces that shaped their lives. This anthology profiles Victoria Reid, Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton, Maria Gertrudis Barcelo, Loreta Janeta Velazquez, Luisa Capetillo, Lola Rodriguez de Tio, Teresa Urrea, Adelina Otero Warren, Jovita Gonzalez Mireles, Pura Belpre, Luisa Moreno, Carmen Miranda, Antonia Pantoja, Ana Mendieta, and Dolores Huerta.
Vicki L. Ruiz is Professor of History and Chicano/Latino Studies at the University of California, Irvine
Virginia Sánchez 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.
