Revolutionary Women of Texas and Mexico

Revolutionary Women of Texas and Mexico: Portraits of Soldaderas, Saints, and Subversives

Edited by: Kathy Sosa, Ellen Riojas and Jennifer Speed

Forward by: Dolores Huerta

Afterward by: Norma Eila Cantu

Illustrated by: Kathy Sosa and Lionel Sosa

Paperback: 352 pages

Much ink has been spilled over the men of the Mexican Revolution, but far less has been written about its women. Kathy Sosa, Ellen Riojas Clark, and Jennifer Speed set out to right this wrong in Revolutionary Women of Texas and Mexico, which celebrates the women of early Texas and Mexico who refused to walk a traditional path. The anthology embraces an expansive definition of the word revolutionary by looking at female role models and subversives from the last century and who stood up for their visions and ideals and continue to stand for them today. Eighteen portraits provide readers with a glimpse into each figure's life and place in history