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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779050403321

Titolo

Chicanas of 18th Street [[electronic resource] ] : narratives of a movement from Latino Chicago / / Leonard G. Ramírez ; with Yenelli Flores ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2011

ISBN

1-283-29292-0

9786613292926

0-252-09302-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Collana

Latinos in Chicago and the Midwest

Altri autori (Persone)

RamírezLeonard G

Disciplina

305.8968/72073077311

Soggetti

Mexican American women - Illinois - Chicago

Community activists - Illinois - Chicago

Mexican Americans - Illinois - Chicago - Social conditions - 20th century

Chicano movement - Illinois - Chicago

Pilsen (Chicago, Ill.) Social conditions 20th century

Chicago (Ill.) Social conditions 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

List of abbreviations, organizations, and programs -- Chicago movement time line -- Introduction : Second City Mexicans / Leonard G. Ramírez -- Homecoming, 1997 / Leonard G. Ramírez -- A legacy of struggle / Yenelli Flores -- Living the life I was meant to lead / Isaura González -- Una chicana en la lucha / María Gamboa -- A woman of my time / Cristina Vital -- Defending my people and my culture / Victoria Perez -- A proud daughter of a Mexican worker / Magda Ramírez-Castañeda -- Social action / Leonard G. Ramírez -- Women of 18th Street : our preliminary assessment / Yenelli Flores ... [et al.].