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1916–1999 United States
Emma Beatrice Tenayuca (December 21, 1916 – July 23, 1999), also known as Emma Beatrice Tenayuca, was an American labor leader, union organizer and educator. She is best known for her work organizing Mexican workers in Texas during the 1930s, particularly for leading the 1938 San Antonio pecan shellers strike.
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I just have a feeling, a very strong feeling, that if ever this world is civilized, that it would be more the work of women.
Interview (1987)
I don’t think that women will ever be completely and totally free – or any of the minorities – until you have socialism.
Interview (1987)
I have expected my country, your country, to become the scientific Athens, but I don’t think that will be the case.
Interview (1987)
1938 was the hardest year because by that time the Depression had really struck every city, every place.
Interview (1987)
The question was always one of land, and it wasn’t tackled in Mexico until the time of Cardenas. And it wasn’t tackled in Cuba until Castro.
Interview (1987)
Any effort of the Mexican workers to organize was met with brutal force, from the very beginning.
Interview (1987)
I would like to see a history...not just of the Communists but of the Left Wing movement and its narrow, factional, sectarian approach.
Interview (1987)
(Ronald Reagan is) nothing but a bag of hot air.
Interview (1987)
The Klan was very, very strong here, particularly on this side of town.
Interview (1987)
There were spontaneous strikes. You don’t have those if you have a good organizer.
Interview (1987)
Theodore Roosevelt...he was an imperialist, but he had a liberal approach.
Interview (1987)
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