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  2. Hijas de Cuauhtémoc - Wikipedia

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    The group Hijas de Cuauhtémoc became a way for women in the Chicana/o movement to organize collectively. They were able to express their experience as young, working-class Chicanas and to address issues that were ignored in the student's movement like for example their critique about machismo in the Chicano movement.

  3. Chicana feminism - Wikipedia

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    Chicana feminism encouraged women to reclaim their existence between and among the Chicano Movement and second-wave feminist movements from the 1960s to the 1970s. [1] Chicana feminists recognized that empowering women would empower the Chicana/o community, yet routinely faced opposition.

  4. Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social - Wikipedia

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    Chicana women were huge contributors to the Chicano Movement, yet their efforts were barely acknowledged thereby creating a space where women could come together and share their perspectives and ideas to change society. The founder, Adaljiza Sosa-Riddel, was an early advocate for Chicanas and wanted to start fighting for these changes along ...

  5. Gloria Arellanes - Wikipedia

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    Las Adelitas de Aztlán were a combined group of women from the Brown Berets and other similar organizations created to support one another in their goals to fight for Chicano rights and aid one another in their obstacles as women in the Chicano movement. The goal of this group was not to be a formal organization, but rather a "discussion and ...

  6. Cinco de Mayo 2024: The civil rights movement that made Cinco ...

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    The Chicano Movement and its leaders allowed the Hispanic community to have room in conversations in modern-day America and have empowered them to exercise their rights. Cinco de Mayo was borne of ...

  7. Las Adelitas de Aztlán - Wikipedia

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    Throughout the Chicano Movement during the 1960s and 1970s Mexican American civil rights movements were at their peak, and one of the most prominent was the Brown Berets. . The Brown Berets expressed a combination of civic activism and cultural and ethnic unity, but with elements of militarism to advocate for farm worker's rights, educational reform, anti-war activism and to organize against ...

  8. Comisión Femenil Mexicana Nacional - Wikipedia

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    The lack of prioritization of Chicana issues in the annual Mexican American National Issues Conferences were due to the fact that it was issues of women, not men, the group of women believed. Therefore, the group of women decided to create an organization to address their issues without having to deal with, "the male sexism in the Chicano ...

  9. Conferencia de Mujeres por la Raza - Wikipedia

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    The conference raised the issue of feminism within the Chicano community. [18] It led to the creation of resolutions from two of the largest workshops, "Sex and the Chicana" and "Marriage--Chicana Style" which addressed women's rights, access to birth control and abortions and for Chicana women to denounce machismo, discrimination in education, double standards for men and women and "the ...