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Mexican-American feminists meet in Houston
On this day in 1971, the three-day Conferencia de Mujeres por la Raza
started at Magnolia Park YWCA in Houston. Also known as the National
Chicana Conference, it was the first interstate assembly of
Mexican-American feminists organized in the United States. An estimated
600 women from twenty-three states attended it. Many of the participants
were students, social workers, and others who represented the radical
elements of Mexican-American women's political movements. Nonetheless,
they were linked to earlier, more moderate women's groups, such as Cruz
Azul Mexicana and Ladies LULAC. Gender discrimination, abortion, and birth
control were given as much importance at the conference as inadequate
educational opportunities, racism, welfare support, and employment
discrimination. The conference participants were not, however, united. An
estimated half of the delegates walked out of the meeting, urging that the
conference focus on racism, not sexism.
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- CONFERENCIA DE MUJERES POR LA RAZA
- LADIES LULAC
- CRUZ AZUL MEXICANA
- CHICANO
- RAZA UNIDA PARTY
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