breaking silence, talking back, voicing complexity
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Romero, Mary > (ed.)
- Creator
- Stewart, Abigail J. > (ed.)
- Contributor
- Soldatenko, Maria Gutierrez
- Publish Year
- 1999
- Shelfmark
- VS 1E 1999 - B
- Thesaurus
- dagelijks leven, levensgeschiedenissen, etniciteit, sociale klasse, lesbische vrouwen, zwarte vrouwen, moederschap, allochtonen, betaalde arbeid, tweede wereldoorlog, Verenigde Staten, bundel
- Description
- The stories reveal race, class and gender pressures with accounts of a Mexican maid's daughter and a tomboy who breaks gender norms as a 'butch' straight woman. Experiences of motherhood and family life are covered with stories of home births, women of color's struggles with infertility, and a mother's side of an incest story. Narratives of women in public life are also included: a scientist's unconventional orientation to her work, a sweatshop worker's advocacy within the workplace, and Japanese-American women who were interned during World War II. And rare portrayals of women who demonstrate remarkable political efficacy appear in this book as well: life-long political activists, a white woman in the civil rights movement, and a Hmong refugee who is a community advocate.