Chicana Leadership

Yolanda Flores Niemann is an associate professor of comparative American cultures and the director of Latino/Latina Outreach at Washington State University, Tri-Cities. Susan H. Armitage is a professor of history at Washington State University and the editor of Frontiers. Patricia Hart and Karen Weather-mon are managing editors of Frontiers.

"This groundbreaking book collects 15 essays from the journal Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies. . . . Their accomplishment here is in presenting the reality of the lives of Mexican American women."—Dan Hays, The Statesman Journal "Chicana Leadership is a significant resource both for general readers and students of Chicana/o studies, women's studies, sociology, history, literature, and political science."—Maria Cuevas, Washington State Magazine

• Introduction La Malinche, Feminist Prototype Cordelia Candelaria Gender and Ethnic Identity among Chicanos Maxine Baca Zinn Abriendo caminos in the Brotherland: Chicana Writers Respond to the Ideology of Literary Nationalism Roberta Fernandez The Living Legacy of Chicana Performers: Preserving History through Oral Testimony Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez The Faith of Activists: Barrios, Cities, and the Chicana Feminist Response Margarita Cota-Cardenas Reflections on Diversity among Chicanas Patricia Zavella Writing, Politics, and las Lesberadas: Platicando con Gloria Anzaldua AnnLouise Keating Gender, Race, and Culture: Spanish-Mexican Women in the Historiography of Frontier California Antonia I. Castaneda Gender, Labor History, and Chicano/a Ethnic Identity Sarah Deutsch Traditional and Nontraditional Patterns of Female Activism in the United Farm Workers of America, 1962 to 1980 Margaret Rose Mexican American Women Grassroots Community Activists: "Mothers of East Los Angeles" Mary Pardo Awareness, Consciousness, and Resistance: Raced, Classed, and Gendered Leadership Interactions in Milagro County, California Josephine Mendez-Negrete "Checkin' Up on My Guy": Chicanas, Social Capital, and the Culture of Romance Angela Valenzuela Sense and Responsibility Maribel Sosa The Making of a Token: A Case Study of Stereotype Threat, Stigma, Racism, and Tokenism in Academe Yolanda Flores Niemann