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The first comprehensive biography of a formidable civil rights activist and feminist whose grassroots organizing in Texas made her an influential voice in the fight for equal rights for Mexican Americans.
List of contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I. Across Time
- Chapter 1. Civil Rights Leader, Public Intellectual, and Feminist
- Chapter 2. The Mexican American Civil Rights Movement, 1920–1950
- Chapter 3. The Mexican American Civil Rights Movement, 1950–1963
- Chapter 4. The Chicano Movement of 1963–1978 and Beyond
- Part II. Personas
- Chapter 5. Feminist in the Gendered Mexican American Civil Rights Movement
- Chapter 6. Public Intellectual
- Chapter 7. Democrat in the United States and Democrat for Mexico
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
About the author
Cynthia E. Orozco is a professor of history and humanities at Eastern New Mexico University, Ruidoso. She is the author of No Mexicans, Women, or Dogs Allowed: The Rise of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement and coeditor of Mexican Americans in Texas History.
Summary
The first comprehensive biography of a formidable civil rights activist and feminist whose grassroots organizing in Texas made her an influential voice in the fight for equal rights for Mexican Americans.
