{"product_id":"9780744226348","title":"Chicana Tributes: Activist Women of the Civil Rights Movement - Stories for the New Generation","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book documents the experiences of sixty-one women who\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eflourished in the ferment of the civil\/ethnic\/women’s rights movements of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elate twentieth century and beyond. While each life is unique, collectively they\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edemonstrate the benefits gained when a community and a society unleashes and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efosters the potential of women who create, organize, and lead. Conversely, an\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eundetermined degree of loss may accrue to societies that suppress or discourage\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe freedom of women to shape their destinies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen women come together with a collective intention, powerful things\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehappen. Simultaneously, but separately, in 1972-73, at San Diego State University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand at Stanford University, and having never met, two of us had the same idea,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto propose and design a course about Mexican American women. The idea for\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethis book also has a history. In those days, both of us wanted to contribute to the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edevelopment of Chicano studies. The Mexican American voice, so much a fabric\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof U.S. history was missing from the dominant English narrative and the women’s\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epresence was nearly absent from Chicano literature and history. Chicanas acted\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto change these injustices, thereby adding new energy to the Chicano Movement\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand to other liberation discourse. At that time, as graduate students, we had the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eopportunity to teach a Chicana women’s course.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuch a course had never been taught at either university. While women\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einstigated change at different colleges, in those years Chicanas\/Latinas appeared\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto be anonymous. And although Anglo women around the country had already\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estarted addressing women’s needs, they did not include the new diverse student\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epopulation that was entering the universities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe woman where she has most noticeably served. Chapters One and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo begin with Mujeres Presentes, that is, the women who have passed away\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebut whose presence lives on as their actions continue to affect the lives of others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapters Eleven and Twelve highlight educators whose work builds on that of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eearlier mentors and their actions. The chapters between include: Three and Four,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Early Activists;” Five and Six, “Chicanas in the Arts:” Seven and Eight, “Chicanas\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein Education;” Nine and Ten, “Chicanas in Public Office.” Each chapter includes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea brief introduction, but the women’s narratives are the core of the book; their\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estories easily stand on their own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection may be considered a starting point and by no means\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erepresents the entire Chicana\/Latina community in San Diego. As it turned out\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethere were many more women than the sixty-one women presented here. The\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehope is that others may read the book and decide to author a future edition. All\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewomen ought to be honored for their efforts and receive the recognition they\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edeserve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Montezuma Publishing (Aztec Shops)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47014819365104,"sku":"9780744226348","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780744226348_p0.jpg?v=1763635082","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780744226348","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}