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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 ...
Alongside vendida, Chicana feminists were called "women's libber," "agringadas," or lesbians. Chicanas who prioritized the Chicano movement and cause were known as Loyalists. [29] Women also sought to battle the internalized struggles of self-hatred rooted in the colonization of their people.
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 ...
The Chicano Movement, also referred to as El Movimiento (Spanish for "the Movement"), was a social and political movement in the United States that worked to embrace a Chicano/a identity and worldview that combated structural racism, encouraged cultural revitalization, and achieved community empowerment by rejecting assimilation.
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 ...
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Mar. 31—A musical group hailing from East L.A. will be showcasing their culture to folks in the Ozark Mountain region. Las Cafeteras — the coffee pots in Spanish — began as a group of ...
El Paso's well-known muralist Cimi Alvarado has completed a mural marking the Chicano Civil Rights struggles of the 1960s. The mural unveiling will be Saturday, Aug. 24 at the Boys and Girls Club ...