Chicanas of 18th Street - Narratives of a Movement From Latino Chicago

Informationen zum Autor Leonard G. Ramirez is the past director of the Latin American Recruitment and Educational Services program at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Klappentext Dynamic stories from Chicana Movement participants living in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago Zusammenfassung Dynamic stories from Chicana Movement participants living in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations ix Preface xi List of Abbreviations! Organizations! and Programs xvii Chicago Movement Time Line xxi Introduction: Second City Mexicans 1 Leonard G. Ramirez Homecoming! 1997 17 Leonard G. Ramirez A Legacy of Struggle 29 Yenelli Flores Living the Life I Was Meant to Lead 54 Isaura Gonzalez Una Chicana en la lucha 76 Maria Gamboa A Woman of My Time 101 Cristina Vital Defending My People and My Culture 118 Victoria Perez A Proud Daughter of a Mexican Worker 137 Magda Ramirez-Castaneda Social Action 166 Leonard G. Ramirez Women of 18th Street: Our Preliminary Assessment 201 Yenelli Flores! Maria Gamboa! Isaura Gonzalez! Victoria Perez! Magda Ramirez-Castaneda! Cristina Vital References 205 Contributors 213 Index 219

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• Authors: Yenelli Flores, Yenielli Flores, Maria Gamboa, Isaura Gonzalez, Victoria Perez, Leonard G. Ramirez, Leonard G. Flores Ramirez, Leonard G. Gamboa Ramirez, Leonard G./ Flores Ramirez, Magda Ramirez-Castaneda, Cristina Vital
• Publisher: University Of Illinois Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.09.2011
• EAN: 9780252036187
• ISBN: 978-0-252-03618-7
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Latinos in Chicago and Midwest; Latinos in Chicago and Midwest
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas