Barrio princess
Subtitle: growing up in Texas
By: Consuelo Samarripa
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Inc
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Marion, Michigan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781624910272; 9781624910296; 9781624910289
Subjects: Mexican American women; Biography; Mexican Americans; Social conditions; Social life and customs; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural Heritage
Description: "The personal stories of a Mexican-American born into the San Antonio Barrio in the late 1940s, including family stories, cultural tradition stories, learning English by total immersion, socialization as a minority, education, and stories of her mother as a single parent, and women's stories from a minority point of view"--

"A woman's experience of growing up speaking Spanish when there was no provision for non-English speakers in public schools in America, including her social, educational, worklife and family challenges as she became a contributing member of a society that was often not receptive to her gender, color or contrbutions"--