From Out of the Shadows

Mexican Women in Twentieth-century America

Author: Vicki L. Ruiz
ISBN: 0195114833

Mexican Americans today are well established in our country, but it was an arduous century-long struggle--and the key participants in this effort have been the women. Whether living in a labor camp, a boxcar settlement, a mining town, or an urban barrio, Mexican women nurtured families, worked for wages, built extended networks (including fictional "uncles" and "aunts"), and participated in community associations--efforts which solidified the community and helped Mexican Americans find their own place in America. Now, in From Out of the Shadows, historian Vicki L. Ruiz provides the first full study of Mexican-American women in the 20th century, in a narrative that is greatly enhanced by Ruiz's skillful use of interviews and personal stories, capturing a vivid sense of the Mexicana experience in the United States. Ruiz begins with the first wave of Mexican women crossing the border from Mexico early in our century. She reveals that between 1910 and 1930, over one million Mexican men and

Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publish Date: 1998-01

Subjects: Social Science / Women's Studies

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