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Quotes from Feminism: The Chicano and Anglo Versions-A Historical Analysis — Martha P. Cotera

born 1938 United States

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It is always easier to battle strangers than one's family.

Feminism: The Chicano and Anglo Versions-A Historical Analysis (1980)

Minorty women could fill volumes with examples of put-downs, put-ons, and out-and-out racism shown to them by the leadership of the [women's] movement.

Feminism: The Chicano and Anglo Versions-A Historical Analysis (1980)

One of the first Chicanas to come into contact with the suffragist movements in the 1880s was Lucy Gonzalez Parsons, a Chicana socialist labor organizer.

Feminism: The Chicano and Anglo Versions-A Historical Analysis (1980)

Polling places in the southwestern states were almost always on the Anglo side of the tracks, where Mexicans were allowed for domestic work or other service jobs only.

Feminism: The Chicano and Anglo Versions-A Historical Analysis (1980)

Jane Addams and others spoke and acted on behalf of women labor leaders like Lucy Parsons, assisting them in rallies, providing bail when they were arrested, and using their tremendous power and influence on behalf of working women.

Feminism: The Chicano and Anglo Versions-A Historical Analysis (1980)

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