From Out of the Shadows: Mexican Women in Twentieth-century America
- ISBN-10
- 0195130995
- ISBN-13
- 9780195130997
- Series
- From Out of the Shadows
- Category
- Mexican American women
- Pages
- 292
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Authors
- Vicki L. Ruiz, Vicki Ruiz
Description
For centuries, Mexican-American women have been creative, innovative forces shaping the cultural and economic development of what is now the American Southwest. Whether living in a labor camp, a boxcar settlement, or an urban barrio, Mexican women nurtured families, worked for wages, built extended networks, and participated in community associations--efforts that solidified the community and helped Mexican Americans find their own place in America. Now, in From Out of the Shadows, historian Vicki L. Ruiz provides the first full study of Mexican-American women in the 20th century, in a narrative enhanced by interviews and personal stories that capture a vivid sense of the Mexicana experience in the United States. Beginning with the first wave of women crossing the border early this century, Ruiz reveals the struggles they have faced, the communities they have built, and also highlights the various forms of political protest they have initiated. What emerges from the book is a portrait of a distinctive culture in America that has slowly gathered strength in the last 95 years. From Out of the Shadows is an important addition to the largely undocumented history of Mexican-American women in our century.
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