Las Tejanas: 300 Years of History

by Ruthe Winegarten and Teresa Palomo Acosta

Book Overview

Winner, Texas Reference Source Award, Reference Round Table, Texas Library Association, 2003
T.R. Fehrenbach Award, Texas Historical Commission, 2004

Since the early 1700s, women of Spanish/Mexican origin or descent have played a central, if often unacknowledged, role in Texas history. Tejanas have been community builders, political and religious leaders, founders of organizations, committed trade unionists, innovative educators,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292705271
• ISBN13: 9780292705272
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.4"