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Capetillo Luisa <1879-1922.> |
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A nation of women : an early feminist speaks out = Mi opinion sobre las libertades, derechos y deberes de la mujer / / by Luisa Capetillo ; edited, with an introduction by Felix V. Matos Rodriguez ; English translation by Alan West-Duran |
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Houston, Tex., : Arte Publico Press, c2004 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (179 p.) |
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Collana |
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Recovering the U.S. Hispanic literary heritage |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Matos RodríguezFélix V. <1962-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Feminism |
Women - Social conditions |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""A Nation of Women An Early Feminist Speaks Out""; ""Contents""; """"Mi patria es la libertad"": Context and Introduction to Puerto Rico's First Feminist Treatise""; ""Preface""; ""Woman in the home, in the family, and in government""; ""Free Love""; ""Varieties""; ""On Honesty""; ""To My Daughter Manuela Ledesma Capetillo""; ""Your Black Scarf""; ""Special Excerpts""; ""Women During Primitive Times""; ""To Jacinto Texidor""; ""Elisa Tavarez de Storer""; ""Postcards""; ""To Tomas Carrion""; ""My Profession of Faith""; ""Impressions of a Trip, July 1909""; ""Thinking of You"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Cultural Writing. Political Writing. Latino/ Latina Studies. Luisa Capetillo is best known in popular culture as the first woman to wear men's trousers. The splash of recognition following her arrest and acquittal for her choice of clothing in 1915 overshadows her significant contributions to the women's movement and the anarchist labor movements, both in her native Puerto Rico and in the migrant labor belt that stretched along the Eastern United States, from Tampa to New York. This volume combines a facsimile of the original Spanish edition with the first English translation of Capetillo's landmark MI OPINION SOBRE LAS LIBERTADES, DERECHOS Y DEBERES DE LA MUJER, originally published in Spanish in 1911. MI OPINION is considered by many to be the first feminist treatise in Puerto Rico and one of the first in Latin |
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