Vicki L. Ruiz

Vicki Ruíz

This is the first full study of Mexican-American women in the 20th century. Ruiz is a recognized authority in the field. The book discusses the migration of these women to the USA, the process of their Americanization, their political protests, and their social life.

Mexican Women in Twentieth-century America

From Out of the Shadows

This dramatic and turbulent history of UCAPAWA is a major contribution to the new labor history in its carefully documented account of minority women controlling their union and regulating their working lives.

Mexican Women, Unionization, and the California Food Processing Industry, 1930-1950

Cannery Women, Cannery Lives

Virginia Sánchez Korrol

A comprehensive, historical encyclopedia that covers the full range of Latina economic, political, and cultural life in the United States.

A Historical Encyclopedia

Latinas in the United States

Ellen Carol DuBois

Unequal Sisters has become a beloved and classic reader in American women's history. It provides an unparalleled resource for understanding women's history in the United States today. This classic work, now in its fourth edition, has incorporated the feedback of end-users in the field, to make it the most user-friendly version to date.

Vicki Ruíz

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