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Women of Hispanic background in the US. (Mexican, Puerto Rican, Latinas, Chicanas, etc.)
Chicana Rights Project
HIstory of the organization founded in 1974 to fight for legal rights for poor Mexican-American women. While this article also covers the national organization's history, it focuses on Texas projects.
China Latina: Fabiana Chiu
The story of a woman of Chinese descent whose family lived in Peru, and who, with her parents, remigrated to the United States - thus giving her both an Asian-American heritage and a Latina heritage.
Making Face, Making Soul.. Chicana Feminism
"By, for and about Chicanas, meaning women of Mexican descent in the United States."  Includes biographies, poetry and literature, articles.
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