Latina Legacies: Identity, Biography, and Community

by Vicki L. Ruiz, Virginia Sánchez Korrol

Spanning two centuries, this collection documents the lives of fifteen remarkable Latinas who witnessed, defined, defied, and wrote about the forces that shaped their lives. As entrepreneurs, community activists, mystics, educators, feminists, labor organizers, artists and entertainers, Latinas used the power of the pen to traverse and transgress cultural conventions.

Genres: Nonfiction

272 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Vicki L. Ruiz is Distinguished Professor of History and Chicano/Latino Studies at the University of California, Irvine. She is the author of From Out of the Shadows: Mexican Women in Twentieth-Century America.

Reviews

[Heather · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very well-written collection of remarkable Latina women throughout history. From labor union leaders, to librarians, to a Cuban Confederate sympathizer who defied her husband and dressed as a man to go fight in the American Civil War. Each woman's story is unique and amazing. A pleasure to read.