Latinas in the United States
Subtitle: A Historical Encyclopedia (3 volume set)
Contributors: Vicki L. Ruiz (Editor); Virginia Sánchez Korrol (Editor)
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: June 30, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 885
ISBN-13: 9780253346803
Subjects: American studies; Social & cultural anthropology; Sociology; Latin America; USA; Ethnic Studies - Hispanic American Studies; Reference; Women's Studies - History; Encyclopedias; Biography; Hispanic American women
First sentence: In June 1941 twenty-year-old Apolonia "Polly" Munoz left her home in Mission, Texas, for Corpus Christi to pursue an education in nursing.