From out of the shadows : Mexican women in twentieth-century America
From Out of the Shadows was the first full study of Mexican-American women in the twentieth century. Beginning with the first wave of Mexican women crossing the border early in the century, historian Vicki L. Ruiz reveals the struggles they have faced and the communities they have built. In a narrative enhanced by interviews and personal stories, she shows how from labor camps, boxcar settlements, and urban barrios, Mexican women nurtured families, worked for wages, built extended networks, and participated in community associations--efforts that helped Mexican Americans find their own place i
eBook, English, 2008
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Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 2008
History
1 online resource (xv, 258 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits
9786612367489, 9780199705443, 9780199705450, 6612367482, 0199705445, 0199705453
555994926
Introduction; 1. Border Journeys; 2. Confronting "America"; 3. The Flapper and the Chaperone; 4. With Pickets, Baskets, and Ballots; 5. La Nueva Chicana: Women and the Movement; 6. Claiming Public Space; Afterword
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