 Edited by Vicki L. Ruiz and Virginia Sánchez Korrol
Latinas are part of a group that has become the largest minority population in the United States. Latinas in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia is the first comprehensive gathering of research on this group and includes ground-breaking historical scholarship. Containing more than 580 entries by 200 contributing authors, it is an essential work for scholarly and professional researchers as well as the classroom and library.
3-volume set
Library Edition, 904 pages, 309 b&w photos
ISBN 0-253-34680-0
Over half the entries are about women who until now have been “hidden by history” but have nevertheless made a difference in their communities as organizers, entrepreneurs, educators, and civic leaders. Some of the leading historians in the country have written entries— Ramón Gutiérrez (University of California, San Diego); Asunción Lavrin, (Arizona State University); and Maria Cristina Garcia (Cornell University)—to name just a few. There are real women in these pages–their hopes, dreams, disappointments, and accomplishments are recorded and selectively, when appropriate, revealed in their own words. The result is a lively, accessible encyclopedia of narratives.
Great care has been taken to emphasize the historical context of these women’s lives, elevating it to beyond a “Who’s Who.” Focusing only on women—over 70 percent of the entries are people and events from 1565 to 1980—this work fills a gap not sufficiently covered in competing encyclopedias. Arranged in “A-Z” order, the volumes are easy to use and accessible to all.
Co-editors Vicki L. Ruiz and Virginia Sánchez Korrol are distinguished scholars. Both are recognized as leading historians on Latino Studies in the United States. Ruiz is the first Latina to serve as president of the Organization of American Historians, and the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians.
Advance Praise
“Congratulations! It has been a long time in the making. Latinas in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia is an invaluable contribution to the history and study of a vital community of women of diverse ethnic backgrounds and experience. This encyclopedia immeasurably complicates and enriches American history.”
—Darlene Clark Hine, Northwestern University
“Having been involved with the production of such bibliographic works as the Chicano Index, the Chicana Studies Index, and the Chicano Database, and also having been a reference librarian in Chicana and Latina Studies since 1984, I can tell you that Latinas in America: A Historical Encyclopedia will fill a gap in Latino Studies scholarship and in Women’s Studies as well.”
—Lillian Castillo-Speed, Head Librarian, Ethnic Studies Library, University of California
“Latinas in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia is a ground-breaking piece of collaborative scholarship that will reshape the way scholars think about U.S., Immigration, Labor, and Latina/o history. For the first time, students, teachers, and curious readers can acquire a more complete view of the complex world that Latinas have woven together over the last five hundred years. Vicki Ruiz and Virginia Sánchez Korrol have completed the heroic task of unveiling the lives of these well-known and yet-to-be-known women as well as illuminated the historical, geographical, and cultural context in which these women lived. This encyclopedia is a must-own book for every person who wants to know more about how the United States’ history was shaped by Latinas’ intellectual, cultural, political, educational, and physical labor.”
—Maria E. Montoya, Director of Latina/o Studies, University of Michigan
About the EditorsVicki L. Ruiz is Professor of History and Chicano/Latino Studies at the University of California, Irvine. Her many publications include From Out of the Shadows and Cannery Women, Cannery Lives. She and Virginia Sánchez Korrol were honored with a “21 Leaders for the 21st Century” award by Women’s eNews. Ruiz is president of the Organization of American Historians.
Virginia Sánchez Korrol is a historian and Professor in the Department of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies at Brooklyn College, City University of New York. Among her many publications, she is co-editor with Vicki L. Ruiz of Latina Legacies: Identity, Biography and Community; co-author of Women in Latin America and the Caribbean (IUP, 1999); and author of From Colonia to Community.
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