Latina legacies identity, biography, and community (Oxford University Press, 2005)
Includes bibliographical references
Victoria Reid and the politics of identity - María Raquel Casas -- - Gertrudis Barceló : La Tules of image and reality - Deena J. González -- - The adventures of Loreta Janeta Velázquez : Civil War spy and storyteller - Amy Dockser Marcus -- - María Amparo Ruiz de Burton and the power of her pen - Rosaura Sánchez and Beatrice Pita -- - Lola Rodríguez de Tió and the Puerto Rican struggle for freedom - Edna Acosta-Belén -- - Teresa Urrea : curandera and folk saint - Marian Perales -- - Luisa Capetillo : feminist of the working class - Nancy A. Hewitt -- - Adelina Otero Warren : rural aristocrat and modern feminist - Elizabeth Salas -- - Pura Belpré : the children's ambassador - Lisa Sánchez González -- - Jovita González Mireles : a sense of history and homeland - María Eugenia Cotera -- - Luisa Moreno and Latina labor activism - Vicki L. Ruiz -- - Carmen Miranda : the high price of fame and bananas - Brian O'Neil -- - Antonia Pantoja and the power of community action - Virginia Sánchez Korrol -- - Ana Mendieta's art : a journey through her life - Carlos A. Cruz -- - Dolores Huerta and the United Farm Workers - Alicia Chávez
An exploration of Latinas in the United States from the 1800s, this collection of narrative biographies documents the lives of fifteen remarkable individuals who witnessed, defined, defied, and wrote about the forces that shaped their lives. This anthology profiles Victoria Reid, Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton, Maria Gertrudis Barcelo, and more