Luisa Capetillo, Pioneer Puerto Rican Feminist

With the collaboration of students from the Graduate Program in Translation, The University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, Spring 1991

von Norma Valle-Ferrer, Gloria Waldman

94 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Luisa Capetillo (1879-1922) was a pioneer in the struggle for women’s and workers’ rights. A feminist and an anarchist, she earned her living as a labor leader and journalist. She wrote brilliant theoretical essays and published four books, including several plays. Ahead of her time, she espoused vegetarianism, a daily regime of Swedish calisthenics, and was the first woman in the Caribbean to wear pants in public. Her life can be read as a dramatic novel, every day an intense ode to personal and political liberation. This biography, the only in-depth historical account of her life and work, rescued her from oblivion and made her a popular icon throughout Latin America. This edition, the first available in English, brings Capetillo’s inspiring story to a broader audience.

• Reihe: Nuestra Voz
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein Gesellschaftliche Gruppen, Gemeinschaften und Identitäten Gruppen
• ISBN: 9780820442853
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 09.06.2006
• Größe: 21 x 14.8 cm
• Verlag: Peter Lang Publishing Inc. New York