Much ink has been spilled over the men of the Mexican Revolution, but far less has been written about its women. Kathy Sosa, Ellen Riojas Clark, and Jennifer Speed set out to right this wrong in Revolutionary Women of Texas and Mexico, which celebrates the women of early Texas and Mexico who refused to walk a traditional path.
The anthology embraces an expansive definition of the word revolutionary by looking at female role models and subversives from the last century and who stood up for their visions and ideals and continue to stand for them today. Eighteen portraits provide readers with a glimpse into each figure's life and place in history. At the heart of the portraits are the women of the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920) -like the soldaderas who shadowed the Mexican armies, tasked with caring for and treating the wounded troops. Filling in the gaps are iconic godmothers like the Virgin of Guadalupe and La Malinche, whose stories are seamlessly woven into the collective history of Texas and Mexico. Portraits of artists Frida Kahlo and Nahui Olin and activists Emma Tenayuca and Genoveva Morales take readers from postrevolutionary Mexico into the present.
Each portrait includes a biography, an original pen-and-ink illustration, and a historical or literary piece by a contemporary writer who was inspired by their subject's legacy. Sandra Cisneros, Laura Esquivel, Elena Poniatowska, Carmen Tafolla, and others bring their experience to bear in their pieces, and Jennifer Speed's introduction contextualizes each woman in her cultural-historical moment. A foreword by civil rights activist Dolores Huerta and an afterword by scholar Norma Elia Cantu bookend this powerful celebration of women who revolutionized their worlds.
Afterword by:
Norma Elia Cant
Foreword by:
Dolores Huerta
Edited by:
Kathy Sosa,
Ellen Riojas Clark,
Jennifer Speed
Imprint: Trinity University Press,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 203mm,
Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781595349255
ISBN 10: 1595349251
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 08 February 2021
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Table of Contents: Foreword: Reflections on Revolutionary Women -- Dolores Huerta Preface – Kathy Sosa Introduction: Setting the Scene of Revolutionary Women in Texas and Mexico – Jennifer Speed Section I: The Era of the Mexican Revolution of 1910 Las Soldaderas – Elena Poniatowska Juana Belèn Gutièrrez de Mendoza – Cristina D. Ramírez Valentinas, no! Valientas, si! Cristina Sosa and Leonila Ortiz Sosa [AM1] – Lionel Sosa The Perservationists: Adina DeZavala, Rena Maverick Green, Emily Edwards – Lewis F. Fisher Concepcion Acevedo de la Llata – Jennifer Speed Section II: Las Antepasadas : Women Revolutionaries prior to the Mexican Revolution of 1910 Sor Juana Inès de la Cruz – Alicia Gaspar de Alba Virgin of Guadalupe – Virgilio P. Elizondo Jane McManus Cazneau – Linda Hudson Teresa Urrea – Sandra Cisneros Malinalli La Malinche – Laura Esquivel Section III: The Legacy : Women Revolutionaries of the Post-Revolution Era Alice Dickerson Montemayor – Cynthia Orozoco Emma Tenayuca – Carmen Tafolla Frida Kahlo – Amalia Mesa-Bains Genoveva Morales –Elaine Ayala Nahui Olin – Teresa Van Hoy Gloria Anzaldúa – Ellen Riojas Clark Chavela Vargas – Sandra Cisneros Women of Guerrero – Marta Lamas Epilogue: title TK – Norma Cantú
Kathy Sosa is an artist and educator. She received national recognition for her traveling exhibition Huipiles: A Celebration, which debuted at the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, D.C., as part of the Smithsonian Latino Center. Her work has been featured on CNN and in other media nationally. She is the coproducer of the documentary seriesChildren of the Revolucin: How the Mexican Revolution Changed America's Destiny,which chronicles the history of the Texas-Mexico borderlands. She is the author ofMestizaje: The Feminist Art of Kathy Sosaand the coeditor and illustratorofRevolutionary Women of Texas and Mexico:Portraits of Soldaderas, Saints, and SubversivesShe lives in San Antonio, Texas, and Quertaro, Mexico.
Reviews for Revolutionary Women of Texas and Mexico: Portraits of Soldaderas, Saints, and Subversives
History buffs, look no further! This beautiful volume begins to fill in gaps in collective Texas and Mexico history with eighteen portraits of revolutionary women. Some were soldiers, others were artists, all were badass. - Ms. Magazine
