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From Out of the Shadows - Mexican Women in Twentieth-Century America (Hardcover, 10th Revised edition)
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From Out of the Shadows - Mexican Women in Twentieth-Century America (Hardcover, 10th Revised edition)
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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. For this new edition,
Ruiz includes a preface that continues the story of the Mexicana
experience in the United States, as well as the growth of the field
of Latina history.
The book 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 women (perhaps as
much as ten percent of Mexico's population) migrated "al otro
lado." Ruiz illuminates attempts to Americanize the Mexicanas,
especially by Protestant groups, whose efforts by and large failed;
the women instead relied on their own community groups--mutualistas
(mutual aid societies), parish organizations, auxiliaries, and
labor unions--to help them assimilate. We also read about the
tensions that arose between generations, as the parents tried to
rein in young daughters eager to adopt American ways--forbidding
the use of makeup and insisting that teenage girls attend a dance,
a movie, or even a church function with a chaperone, usually their
mothers. Perhaps most important, the book highlights the various
forms of political protest initiated by Mexican-American women,
including civil rights activity and protests against the war in
Vietnam.
What emerges from the book finally is a portrait of a very
distinctive culture in America, one that has slowly gathered
strength in the last 95 years. From Out of the Shadows is
animportant addition to the largely undocumented history of
Mexican-American women in our century.
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