Las Tejanas : 300 years of history / Teresa Palomo Acosta and Ruthe Winegarten.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Acosta, Teresa Palomo
Other Authors: Winegarten, Ruthe
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2003.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ; no. 10.
Subjects:
Mexican American women > Texas > History.
Mexican American women > Texas > Social conditions.
Texas > History.
Texas > Ethnic relations.
Physical Description:xvii, 436 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Native women, Mestizas, and colonists
  • The status of women in the colonial period
  • From the Republic of Texas to 1900
  • Revolution, racism, and resistance, 1900-1940
  • Life in rural Texas, 1900-1940
  • Life in urban Texas, 1900-1940
  • Education: learning, teaching, leading
  • Entering business and the professions
  • Faith and community
  • Politics, the Chicano movement, and Tejana feminism
  • Winning and holding public office
  • Arts and culture.