Chicanas of 18th Street : narratives of a movement from Latino Chicago / Chicanas of Eighteenth Street Leonard G. Ramírez ; with Yenelli Flores, María Gamboa, Isaura González, Victoria Pérez, Magda Ramírez-Castañeda, and Cristina Vital. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2011. - 1 online resource - Latinos in Chicago and the Midwest .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations, Organizations, and Programs -- Chicago Movement Time Line -- Introduction: Second City Mexicans -- Homecoming, 1997 -- A Legacy of Struggle -- Living the Life I Was Meant to Lead -- Una Chicana en la lucha -- A Woman of My Time -- Defending My People and My Culture -- A Proud Daughter of a Mexican Worker -- Social Action -- Women of 18th Street: Our Preliminary Assessment -- References -- Contributors



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Mexican American women--Illinois--Chicago--Biography.
Community activists--Illinois--Chicago--Biography.
Mexican Americans--Social conditions--Illinois--Chicago--20th century.
Chicano movement--Illinois--Chicago.


Electronic Books.

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