| Chicanas in Charge: Texas Women in the Public Arena Contributor(s): Gutiérrez, José Angel (Author), Meléndez, Michelle (Author), Noyola, Sonia A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 075910560X ISBN-13: 9780759105607 Publisher: Altamira Press OUR PRICE: $131.67 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2007 Annotation: Chicanas in Charge offers profiles, in the form of oral histories, of the careers of female community and political leaders from the Chicano community in Texas. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography - Social Science | Women's Studies |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2006028131 |
| Physical Information: 0.91" H x 6.22" W x 9.1" (1.26 lbs) 290 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Geographic Orientation - Texas - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - South |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: No state has a greater density of Chicano community leaders and politicians than does Texas. This study examines the lives and politics of a distinguished group of Chicana women who have risen to positions of power. The authors profile women who serve in various public capacities-federal judges, candidates for Lieutenant Governor, a statewide chair of a political party, and members of school boards and city and county governments. The diverse careers of these women offer rare glimpses of the kinds of struggles they face, both as women and as members of the Chicano community. Chicans in Charge will be of great value to those interested in gender studies, political science, local government, public policy, oral history, biography, and Chicano studies. |