A broad survey of topics on gender and the history of Puerto Rican women, both on the island and in the diaspora. Organized chronologically and covering the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, essays deal with issues of slavery, emancipation, wage work, women and politics, women's suffrage, industrialization, migration, and Puerto Rican women in New York. Reviewing thirty years of historiographical material, the editors and contributors provide the first comprehensive study in English of gender and the history of Puerto Rican women. It will be of interest to students and scholars of Latin American studies, Latino/a studies, Puerto Rican studies, women's studies, ethnic studies, and cultural studies.

A survey of the topics in gender and history of Puerto Rican women. Organized chronologically and covering the 19th and 20th centuries, it deal with issues of slavery, emancipation, wage work, women and politics, women's suffrage, industrialization, migration and Puerto Rican women in New York.

Food . I have never been a gourmet cook, but I have always been a gourmet eater In the Spring of 2002 I began gathering recipes from my sister-friends from around the world. Their seventy-eight recipes including a few of my own are offered in this cookbook for your dining pleasure. I haven't any preference for one recipe over another as I love each of them Fun and Laughter. You will love reading the original funny-food short stories and poems included in this unique cookbook as you relax and smell the tantalizing aromas of your supper wafting from the kitchen The food-funny comic illustrations created by talented illustrator, Shirley Gavin, are the cookbook's "little jewels" among the treasure trove of scrumptious recipes waiting for you to enjoy Halal Food, Fun and Laughter. Combines a winning "recipe" for a healthy lifestyle: good halal food, some fun and laughter and last but most importantly, remembrances of Allah, by inclusion of some wonderful food-specific Qur'an and Hadith to help create a happier and healthier recipe for your life.