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Informationen zum Autor Luisa Capetillo (1879-1922) is one of Puerto Rico's most famous feminist and socialist activists. She was a labour organizer and in her writing campaigned for the equal rights of women, for free love, and for human emancipation. Félix V. Matos Rodríguez is a professor, author, and world-renowned historian of Puerto Rico. He is currently the Chancellor of the City University of New York (CUNY), one of the largest and most prestigious universities in the world. Zusammenfassung The groundbreaking feminist and socialist writings of Puerto Rican author and activist Luisa Capetillo A Penguin Classic In 1915, Puerto Rican activist Luisa Capetillo was arrested and acquitted for being the first woman to wear men's trousers publicly. While this act of gender-nonconforming rebellion elevated her to feminist icon status in modern pop culture, it also overshadowed the significant contributions she made to the women's movement and anarchist labor movements of the early twentieth century--both in her native Puerto Rico and in the migrant labor belt in the eastern United States. With the volume A Nation of Women , Capetillo's socialist and feminist activism is given the spotlight it deserves with its inclusion of the first English translation of Capetillo's landmark Mi opinión sobre las libertades, derechos y deberes de la mujer . Originally published in Spanish in 1911, Mi opinión is considered by many to be the first feminist treatise in Puerto Rico and one of the first in Latin America and the Caribbean. In concise prose, Capetillo advocates a workers' revolution, forcefully demanding an end to the exploitation and subordination of workers and women. Her essays challenge big business in favor of socialism, call for legalizing divorce and the acceptance of "free love" in relationships, and cover topics such as sexuality, mental and physical health, hygiene, spirituality, and nutrition. At once a sharp critique and a celebration of the gathering fervor of world politics, A Nation of Women embraces the humanistic thinking of the early twentieth century and envisions a world in which economic and social structures can be broken down, allowing both the worker and the woman to be free. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: “Mi patria es la libertad”: Context and Introduction to Puerto Rico’s First Feminist Treatise by Félix V. Matos Rodríguez A NATION OF WOMEN Preface Woman in the Home, in the Family,and in Government An Important Issue for Mothers Man and Woman Free Love: by Magdalena Vernet Varieties: Feminism (from L’Avenir Médical of Paris) Important! On Honesty What Men Do Natural Forces To My Daughter Manuela Ledesma Capetillo Reflections Your Black Scarf: To María Luisa Rodríguez Special Excerpts Women During Primitive Times To Jacinto Texidor: Memories Elisa Tavarez de Storer To M. Martínez Rossello, Arecibo To Tomás Carrión My Profession of Faith: To Manuel Ugarte,Paris Impressions of a Trip, July 1909: Rememberingthe Federación Libre (Free Federation) Thinking of You: For M.L., Arecibo Selected Bibliography...
