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Quotes from Viva La Chicana and All Brave Women of La Causa — Elizabeth Martinez

1925–2021 United States

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We do not want a few Chicanas to get better jobs, higher salaries, while everyone else continues to be exploited.

Viva La Chicana and All Brave Women of La Causa (1971)

That is the true Raza tradition, a communal tradition

Viva La Chicana and All Brave Women of La Causa (1971)

revolution means turning things upside down and taking another look at what is taken for granted. So revolution means new ideas about relations between men and women, too.

Viva La Chicana and All Brave Women of La Causa (1971)

Revolutionary Chicanas want the liberation of our people and of all oppressed peoples. We do not want to become page-girls in President Richard Nixon's Congress the most recent bone tossed to "women's liberation."

Viva La Chicana and All Brave Women of La Causa (1971)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Elizabeth Martinez (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.