Vicki L. Ruiz is Professor of History and Chicano/Latino Studies and Dean of the School of Humanities at the University of California, Irvine.

• Introduction ; 1. Border Journeys ; 2. Confronting "America" ; 3. The Flapper and the Chaperone ; 4. With Pickets, Baskets, and Ballots ; 5. La Nueva Chicana: Women and the Movement ; 6. Claiming Public Space ; Afterword

A rich source book and an excellent overview of Mexican American women's crucial contributions to labor organizing, community formation, and social movements in the West and Southwest.

Vicki L. Ruiz is Professor of History and Chicano/Latino Studies and Dean of the School of Humanities at the University of California, Irvine.

• Introduction ; 1. Border Journeys ; 2. Confronting "America" ; 3. The Flapper and the Chaperone ; 4. With Pickets, Baskets, and Ballots ; 5. La Nueva Chicana: Women and the Movement ; 6. Claiming Public Space ; Afterword

A rich source book and an excellent overview of Mexican American women's crucial contributions to labor organizing, community formation, and social movements in the West and Southwest.

Vicki L. Ruiz is Professor of History and Chicano/Latino Studies and Dean of the School of Humanities at the University of California, Irvine.

• Introduction ; 1. Border Journeys ; 2. Confronting "America" ; 3. The Flapper and the Chaperone ; 4. With Pickets, Baskets, and Ballots ; 5. La Nueva Chicana: Women and the Movement ; 6. Claiming Public Space ; Afterword

A rich source book and an excellent overview of Mexican American women's crucial contributions to labor organizing, community formation, and social movements in the West and Southwest.