Las Tejanas
Subtitle: 300 years of history
By: Teresa Palomo Acosta and Ruthe Winegarten.
Contributors: Winegarten, Ruthe.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ;; no. 10
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 436
Subjects: Mexican American women -- Texas -- History.; Mexican American women -- Texas -- Social conditions.; Texas -- History.; Texas -- Ethnic relations.
Description: "Teresa Palomo Acosta and Ruthe Winegarten have gathered and distilled a wide range of information to create this important resource. They offer one of the first detailed accounts of Tejanas' lives in the colonial period and from the Republic of Texas up to 1900.

Drawing on the fuller documentation that exists for the twentieth century, they also examine many aspects of the modern Tejana experience, including Tejanas' contributions to education, business and the professions, faith and community, politics, and the arts. A large selection of photographs, a historical time line, and profiles of fifty notable Tejanas complete the volume and assure its usefulness for a broad general audience, as well as for educators and historians."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [385]-408) and index.
Table of contents: title: Native women, Mestizas, and colonists; title: The status of women in the colonial period; title: From the Republic of Texas to 1900; title: Revolution, racism, and resistance, 1900-1940; title: Life in rural Texas, 1900-1940; title: Life in urban Texas, 1900-1940; title: Education: learning, teaching, leading; title: Entering business and the professions; title: Faith and community; title: Politics, the Chicano movement, and Tejana feminism; title: Winning and holding public office; title: Arts and culture.