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More and more the Chicana woman is emerging out of a traditionally imposed silence.

— Rita Sanchez Chicana Writer Breaking Out of the Silence (1977)

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Writing, breaking the silence, subjective as it may appear, becomes a monumental and collective act because it signifies over coming, freeing oneself from the confines and conditions of history.

Chicana Writer Breaking Out of the Silence (1977)

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