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#Chicanas & #Latinas at the forefront in the fight for #civilrights: #JosefinaFierro (1914-1998), #LuisaMoreno (1907-1992) & #ElizabethBetitaMartinez (1925-2021). #WomensHistoryMonth #HerStory #HistoriaChicana #HistoriaLatina #VivaLaCausa. Check it Out @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social
In April of 1938 #JosefinaFierro (1914-1998) & #LuisaMoreno (1907-1992) organized a national convention for "El Congreso de Pueblos de Habla Española" in Los Angeles with delegates from over 100 labor and civil rights advocacy organizations in attendance. Photo of Chicana activist Josefina Fierro from Photographs of Josefina Fierro, Stanford Libraries https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4084236. In April of 1938 #JosefinaFierro (1914-1998) & #LuisaMoreno (1907-1992) organized a national convention for "El Congreso de Pueblos de Habla Española" in Los Angeles with delegates from over 100 labor and civil rights advocacy organizations in attendance. Photo of Latina activist Luisa Moreno from the Luisa Moreno Papers, Stanford Libraries https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4084223. "500 Years of Chicana Women's History / 500 Años de la Mujer Chicana" by #ElizabethBetitaMartinez (1925-2021) authored by the well-known #Chicana activist has becoem a standard history text. Photo of Chicana activist Elizabeth "Betita" Martinez from Elizabeth "Betita" Sutherland Martínez Papers, Stanford Libraries
March 20, 2026 at 5:10 PM