{"product_id":"chicana-tributes-activist-women-of-the-civil-rights-movement-stories-for-the-new-generation-9780744226348","title":"Chicana Tributes: Activist Women of the Civil Rights Movement - Stories for the New Generation","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChicana Tributes: Activist Women of the Civil Rights Movement - Stories for the New Generation\u003c\/strong\u003e by Sanchez, Rita. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780744226348.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book documents the experiences of sixty-one women who\nflourished in the ferment of the civil\/ethnic\/womens rights movements of the\nlate twentieth century and beyond. While each life is unique, collectively they\ndemonstrate the benefits gained when a community and a society unleashes and\nfosters the potential of women who create, organize, and lead. Conversely, an\nundetermined degree of loss may accrue to societies that suppress or discourage\nthe freedom of women to shape their destinies.\nWhen women come together with a collective intention, powerful things\nhappen. Simultaneously, but separately, in 1972-73, at San Diego State University\nand at Stanford University, and having never met, two of us had the same idea,\nto propose and design a course about Mexican American women. The idea for\nthis book also has a history. In those days, both of us wanted to contribute to the\ndevelopment of Chicano studies. The Mexican American voice, so much a fabric\nof U.S. history was missing from the dominant English narrative and the womens\npresence was nearly absent from Chicano literature and history. Chicanas acted\nto change these injustices, thereby adding new energy to the Chicano Movement\nand to other liberation discourse. At that time, as graduate students, we had the\nopportunity to teach a Chicana womens course.\nSuch a course had never been taught at either university. While women\ninstigated change at different colleges, in those years Chicanas\/Latinas appeared\nto be anonymous. And although Anglo women around the country had already\nstarted addressing womens needs, they did not include the new diverse student\npopulation that was entering the universities.\nthe woman where she has most noticeably served. Chapters One and\nTwo begin with Mujeres Presentes, that is, the women who have passed away\nbut whose presence lives on as their actions continue to affect the lives of others.\nChapters Eleven and Twelve highlight educators whose work builds on that of\nearlier mentors and their actions. The chapters between include: Three and Four,\n\"Early Activists;\" Five and Six, \"Chicanas in the Arts: \" Seven and Eight, \"Chicanas\nin Education;\" Nine and Ten, \"Chicanas in Public Office.\" Each chapter includes\na brief introduction, but the womens narratives are the core of the book; their\nstories easily stand on their own.\nThis collection may be considered a starting point and by no means\nrepresents the entire Chicana\/Latina community in San Diego. As it turned out\nthere were many more women than the sixty-one women presented here. The\nhope is that others may read the book and decide to author a future edition. All\nwomen ought to be honored for their efforts and receive the recognition they\ndeserve.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Montezuma Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44955045953589,"sku":"ByrdShop_0744226341","price":39.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780744226348_ed823337-5a4a-4a0e-8cd1-b5c3fc55e12e.jpg?v=1778705252","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/chicana-tributes-activist-women-of-the-civil-rights-movement-stories-for-the-new-generation-9780744226348","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}