Named the 2009 AAUP Best of the Best - Outstanding Book Distinction\ The history of Mexican Americans spans more than five centuries and varies from region to region across the United States. Yet most of our history books devote at most a chapter to Chicano history, with even less attention to the story of Chicanas.\ 500 Years of Chicana Women’s History offers a powerful antidote to this omission with a vivid, pictorial account of struggle and survival, resilience and achievement,...
\ Ms. Magazine"A much-needed work: this bilingual history describing feminism's role in Chicana women's lives, from pre-columbian Mexico to now."\ \ \ \ \ author of Narratives of Mexican American Women - Professor Alma M. Garcia\ "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."\ \ \ Ms. Magazine"A much-needed work: this bilingual history describing feminism's role in Chicana women's lives, from pre-columbian Mexico to now."\ \ \