Elizabeth "Betita" MartÍnez is a widely known Chicana writer, activist, and lecturer. Now director of the Institute for Multiracial Justice in San Franciso, she has published six books, most recently De Colores Means All of Us: Latina Views for a Multi-Colored Century.

"A much-needed work: this bilingual history describing feminism's role in Chicana women's lives, from pre-columbian Mexico to now." (Ms. Magazine) "This history passionately shows that through unity and perseverance womencan make the world a better place for Chicanas/os and, indeed, for peoplefrom a diversity of backgrounds." - Professor Alma M. Garcia (author of Narratives of Mexican American Women)

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionThe Story of La Chicana BeginsA New Invader ComesChicanas at Work Under U.S. RuleLa RevoluciÓn MexicanaLet's Go To the U.S.The Great Depression, Repatriation, Strike!World War IIThe Movement is BornLife of a Farmworker WomanOur Own PartyNo a la Guerra en VietnamWork = StruggleVIVA LA MUJER!Mujeres who love womenWalking the Red RoadCulture contains the seed...Today's WritersMÚsica, Teatro, Film,The Counter-InsurgencyThe Land That Came Back to LifeThe Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic JusticeNew Worker StrugglesImmigrant RightsAlliance Building Across Color LinesChicanas in Public OfficeYouth Are RisingNot to Be ForgottenFurther ReadingPhoto & Illustration CreditsAbout the Author

Elizabeth "Betita" MartÍnez is a widely known Chicana writer, activist, and lecturer. Now director of the Institute for Multiracial Justice in San Franciso, she has published six books, most recently De Colores Means All of Us: Latina Views for a Multi-Colored Century.

"A much-needed work: this bilingual history describing feminism's role in Chicana women's lives, from pre-columbian Mexico to now." (Ms. Magazine) "This history passionately shows that through unity and perseverance womencan make the world a better place for Chicanas/os and, indeed, for peoplefrom a diversity of backgrounds." - Professor Alma M. Garcia (author of Narratives of Mexican American Women)

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionThe Story of La Chicana BeginsA New Invader ComesChicanas at Work Under U.S. RuleLa RevoluciÓn MexicanaLet's Go To the U.S.The Great Depression, Repatriation, Strike!World War IIThe Movement is BornLife of a Farmworker WomanOur Own PartyNo a la Guerra en VietnamWork = StruggleVIVA LA MUJER!Mujeres who love womenWalking the Red RoadCulture contains the seed...Today's WritersMÚsica, Teatro, Film,The Counter-InsurgencyThe Land That Came Back to LifeThe Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic JusticeNew Worker StrugglesImmigrant RightsAlliance Building Across Color LinesChicanas in Public OfficeYouth Are RisingNot to Be ForgottenFurther ReadingPhoto & Illustration CreditsAbout the Author

Elizabeth "Betita" MartÍnez is a widely known Chicana writer, activist, and lecturer. Now director of the Institute for Multiracial Justice in San Franciso, she has published six books, most recently De Colores Means All of Us: Latina Views for a Multi-Colored Century.

"A much-needed work: this bilingual history describing feminism's role in Chicana women's lives, from pre-columbian Mexico to now." (Ms. Magazine) "This history passionately shows that through unity and perseverance womencan make the world a better place for Chicanas/os and, indeed, for peoplefrom a diversity of backgrounds." - Professor Alma M. Garcia (author of Narratives of Mexican American Women)

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionThe Story of La Chicana BeginsA New Invader ComesChicanas at Work Under U.S. RuleLa RevoluciÓn MexicanaLet's Go To the U.S.The Great Depression, Repatriation, Strike!World War IIThe Movement is BornLife of a Farmworker WomanOur Own PartyNo a la Guerra en VietnamWork = StruggleVIVA LA MUJER!Mujeres who love womenWalking the Red RoadCulture contains the seed...Today's WritersMÚsica, Teatro, Film,The Counter-InsurgencyThe Land That Came Back to LifeThe Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic JusticeNew Worker StrugglesImmigrant RightsAlliance Building Across Color LinesChicanas in Public OfficeYouth Are RisingNot to Be ForgottenFurther ReadingPhoto & Illustration CreditsAbout the Author