02687nam 2200577 450 991079525450332120220622183121.01-4773-1989-11-4773-1988-310.7560/319864(CKB)4940000000160340(MiAaPQ)EBC5992459(MiAaPQ)EBC7171689(Au-PeEL)EBL7171689(DE-B1597)588688(OCoLC)1266228869(DE-B1597)9781477319888(EXLCZ)99494000000016034020200227d2020 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAgent of change Adela Sloss-Vento, Mexican American civil rights activist and Texas feminist /Cynthia E. OrozcoAustin, Texas :University of Texas Press,[2020]©20201 online resource (x, 254 pages) illustrationsPurchased with funds from the Emilia Schunior Ramírez Endowment.1-4773-1986-7 1-4773-1987-5 Civil rights leader, public intellectual, and feminist -- The Mexican American Civil Rights movement, 1920- -- The Mexican American Civil Rights movement, 1950- -- The Chicano Movement of 1963-1978 and beyond -- Feminist in the gendered Mexican American Civil Rights movement -- Public Intellectual -- Democrat in the United States and Democrat for Mexico -- Conclusion."The first comprehensive biography of Sloss-Vento, an essayist and activist in South Texas's Lower Rio Grande Valley throughout the male-dominated Mexican American civil rights movement beginning in 1920 and the subsequent Chicano movement of the 1960s and 1970s"--Provided by publisher.Women political activistsTexasBiographyMexican American women authorsBiographyMexican AmericansCivil rightsTexasHistory20th centuryWomen civil rights workersTexasBiographycivil rights, Mexican Americans, Mexican American Civil Rights, Mexican American Civil Rights in Texas, Feminism, Activismactivists, grassroots activism, grassroots activists, biography.Women political activistsMexican American women authorsMexican AmericansCivil rightsHistoryWomen civil rights workers323.092Orozco Cynthia1530022MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910795254503321Agent of change3786286UNINA