Women in Cuba
Subtitle: the making of a revolution within the revolution
By: Vilma Espín, Asela de los Santos, Yolanda Ferrer
Contributors: Santos Tamayo, Asela de los; Ferrer, Yolanda, 1946- author; Waters, Mary-Alice, 1942- author
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Pathfinder
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9781604880366
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Women revolutionaries; Anecdotes; Interviews; Federación de Mujeres Cubanas; Female Participation; Social conditions; Women; Political activity; History
Description: The social revolution that in 1959 brought down the bloody Batista dictatorship began in the streets of cities like Santiago de Cuba and the Rebel Army's liberated mountain zones of eastern Cuba. The unprecedented integration of women in the ranks and leadership of this struggle was a true measure of the revolutionary course it has followed to this day. Here, in firsthand accounts by women who helped make it, is the story of that revolution--and 'the revolution within.-- Publisher information.
Notes: Collection of four interviews by different journalists with Vilma Espín, Asela de los Santos and Yolanda Ferrer from 1975-2008 and Military Order No. 50 establishing Department of Education in Second Front, Nov. 2, 1958.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. From Santiago de Cuba to the rebel army second front. : It gave us a sense of worth / Asela de los Santos ; Military order no. 50: Decree Establishing Department of Education in Second Front ; Débora / Vilma Espín; title: pt. 2. Birth of the Federation of Cuban Women : What it meant to be female began to change / Yolanda Ferrer ; With no preconceived structure or agenda / Vilma Espín; title: Chronology; title: Glossary of individuals, organizations, and events.