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Through the Eyes of Rebel Women: The Young Lords, 1969-1976
Contributor(s): Morales, Iris (Author)
ISBN: 0996827617     ISBN-13: 9780996827614
Publisher: Red Sugarcane Press
OUR PRICE:   $23.75  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: November 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Hispanic American Studies
- History | Social History
Dewey: 974.710
LCCN: 2016931163
Physical Information: 0.59" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.87 lbs) 280 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic
 
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THROUGH THE EYES OF REBEL WOMEN: The Young Lords, 1969-1976 iTHROUGH THE EYES OF REBEL WOMEN: The Young Lords, 1969-1976 is the first account of women members -- a "story within a story" told from the inside out. The Young Lords Organization emerged in the late sixties to fight poverty, racial and gender inequality, and the colonial status of Puerto Rico. Women joined to build a people's movement for justice and fought the "revolution within the revolution" believing that women's equality was inseparable from the society's progress as a whole.

Written and edited by Iris Morales, THROUGH THE EYES OF REBEL WOMEN consists of essays, interviews, and primary source documents. Morales chronicles the revolutionary rise of the Young Lords, the role and contributions of women, the opening of branches in Puerto Rico, and the group's demise.

Personal interviews with former women members captured for the film Palante, Siempre Palante The Young Lords have been edited for the book. Photographs and articles from the early 1970s complete the narrative. The entire volume affirms that social movements do not develop in a vacuum but arise to spearhead solutions to the injustices occurring in society.

Dr. Edna Acosta-Bel n, distinguished historian and women's studies scholar, writes: "These women activists are ... the brave feminist warriors who battled for equality in intersecting (not isolated or separated) arenas of class, race, gender, ethnicity, and sexuality; part of that noble league of defenders of universal human rights."

Ericka Huggins, human rights activist, former Black Panther Party member, and political prisoner, summarizes: "As I read this book, I was continually inspired by the history of the Young Lords and the great women within it. Iris Morales writes a story that parallels the story of the women in the Black Panther Party and women throughout the globe. The structural and interpersonal work we must do to uplift humanity always starts from the inside out "

Through the Eyes of Rebel Women is a must-read for everyone interested in the Puerto Rican and grassroots movements of the 1960s and 70s in the United States.

Contributor Bio(s): Morales, Iris: - Iris Morales is an educator and lifelong community activist. She brings her legacy of social justice activism to projects with young people, teachers, and media producers promoting human rights and the decolonization of Puerto Rico. For thirty years, Ms. Morales has built organizations dedicated to grassroots organizing, community empowerment, and media. As the founder and editor of Red Sugarcane Press, she publishes books about the Puerto Rican and Latin@ Diasporas in the Americas. Ms. Morales was a member of the Young Lords for five years serving as Deputy Minister of Education and a co-founder of its Women's Caucus and Women's Union. Ms. Morales travels nationally as a public speaker at colleges, universities, and community venues. She is an attorney, a graduate of New York University School of Law, and earned an MFA in Integrated Media Arts from Hunter College in New York.