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Gugliotta, Bobette – 1989
This collective biography offers insight into the more famous and infamous women in Mexico's history and weaves the tale of how their ways and deeds have shaped both a culture and a nation. The book starts with the conquest and ends with the twentieth century, outlining the lives of Mexican women and their causes. The women described in the book…
Descriptors: Females, History, Latin American Culture, Latin American History
Davis, Norma Salazar – 1991
American and western education textbooks have omitted Hispanic topics, people, and contributions. An examination of seven history of western education texts reveals no mention at all of Hispanics. An examination of 11 history of American education texts, ranging from 400 to 600 pages, reveals that none devotes more than two pages to Hispanics or…
Descriptors: Biographies, Black Teachers, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedLavrin, Asuncion – History Teacher, 1981
Presents a bibliography and suggests a number of topics around which a college level history course on Latin American women could be organized. Course topics include migration of women, definition of sex roles, legal status of women, women's work and society, feminism, politics, religion, women and the family, and women's education and…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Females, Higher Education, History Instruction
Download full textLockert, Lucia Fox, Ed. – 1988
This book is an oral history of ten Chicana women ranging in ages from 84 to 24. The collection of interviews reflects how their hard work and determination have significantly changed their lives for the better. The backgrounds of the women vary; some were born in Mexico and moved to the United States. Others were born in the Southwest and later…
Descriptors: Adults, Ethnic Groups, Females, Hispanic American Culture
Peer reviewedSchwartzman, Karen – Journal of Film and Video, 1993
Offers an annotated chronology of Venezuelan films, representing a first step toward a general history of women's filmmaking in Venezuela. Suggests that the participation of women directors closely follows the curve of national film production in general. (RS)
Descriptors: Females, Film Industry, Film Production, Film Production Specialists
Blanchet, Natasha – Native Americas, 1997
Profiles Noeli Pocaterra, a Venezuelan Wayuu woman, and her roles as community leader, activist in the struggle for indigenous rights, newly elected president of the World Council of Indigenous Peoples, and University of Zulia faculty member. Discusses community work, international networking, her views on cultural and language maintenance, and…
Descriptors: Activism, American Indians, Civil Rights, College Students
PDF pending restorationCook, Kathernine M. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1931
The extent and significance of the American undertaking to provide for or promote free public and universal education among the minority groups and native populations now living under our flag, large numbers of whom are citizens or potential citizens of our Republic, can be appreciated only in the light of the entire situation involved. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, National Surveys, School Statistics
