500 Years of Chicana Women's History/500 Anos de La Mujer Chicana

Acknowledgments vii Introduction ix The Story of La Chicana Begins 2(23) Before, during and after Spain's Invasion, Afro-Mexico, Women fighting for independence 1810-21, Our first feminist genius, Sor Juana A New Invader Comes 25(11) Manifest Destiny, Racism, Resistance Chicanas at Work Under U.S. Rule 36(13) La Revolucion Mexicana 49(10) Feminists, Socialists, Fighters, Soldaderas Let's Go To the U.S. 59(8) Migration, Work, Our own schools, Mutual aid, Stop the lynchings The Great Depression, Repatriation, Strike! 67(14) Cotton, garment, pecan, laundry, cannery and other workers protest. Sports, curanderas World War II 81(18) New jobs, GI Forum, LULAC, fighting racism, desegregrating schools The Movement is Born 99(14) N.M. land struggle, 1968 LA. High school blowouts, Community organizations The Life of a Farmworker Woman 113(12) Dolores Huerta and others, Texas, the Midwest Our Own Party 125(2) No a la Guerra en Vietnam 127(6) Moratorium of 8/29/70, Women for the 7 of La Raza, Free Olga Work = Struggle 133(10) Farah strike, Arizona miners support, Watson-ville, CASA, Vicki Mercado Viva La Mujer! 143(38) First conference 1971, Pioneers, Francisca Flores, Moreno, Vasquez, Academic activists, Women's organizations Mujeres who love women 181(6) Walking the Red Road 187(16) Running for Peace and Dignity. Origins of the Aztec Dance Culture contains the seed... 203(10) Muralists, Posters of struggle, Photographers Today's Writers 213(4) Musica, Teatro, Film 217(20) The Counter-Insurgency 237(15) The fight for education, Ethnic Studies The Land That Came Back to Life 252(2) The Southwest Network for Environmental and Eonomic Justice 254(5) Southwest Organizing Project, Poder New Worker Struggles 259(27) La Mujer Obrera, Fuerza Unida, Justice for Janitors, Maria Elena Durazo, Mujeres Jornaleros, Lideres Campesinas, PCUN, FLOC, Idaho insurgents, Health and housing struggles Immigrant Rights 286(11) No on 187, Minutemen, Three leaders for immigrant rights, May 1, 2007 Police Riot Alliance Building Across Color Lines 297(17) No more women killed in Juarez, Close the School of Assassins, Solidarity between Native People, with the Zapatistas, with Cuba, Central America, UN World conferences, U.S. Social Forum 2007 Chicanas in Public Office 314(6) Texans in office, Californians in Congress, Chicanas elected in Washington, Peace & Freedom candidates for Governor Youth Are Rising 320(2) Not to Be Forgotten 322(3) Further Reading 325(3) Photo & Illustration Credits 328(4) About the Author 332