Texas Newspapers and Chicana Workers' Activism, 1919-1974

Authors

Irene Ledesma, University of Texas-Pan American

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Fall 1995

Abstract

Comments on the coverage of strikers in local, labor and Spanish newspapers during four periods of Chicana labor militancy in El Paso and San Antonio, Texas. Texas press images of Mexican-American strikers; Ways of analyzing prescribed roles for women as compared to their real actions; Lack of historical interest in the work experiences of Mexican-American women.

Comments

Western Historical Quarterly © 1995 Oxford University Press

Recommended Citation

Ledesma, Irene. “Texas Newspapers and Chicana Workers’ Activism, 1919-1974.” The Western Historical Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 3, 1995, pp. 309–31. https://doi.org/10.2307/970655

Publication Title

The Western Historical Quarterly

DOI

https://doi.org/10.2307/970655