Revolutionary Women of Texas and Mexico - by Kathy Sosa & Ellen Riojas Clark & Jennifer Speed (Paperback)

About the Book

Moving portraits of eighteen women hailing from Texas and Mexico who revolutionized their worlds

Book Synopsis

Moving portraits of eighteen women hailing from Texas and Mexico who revolutionized their worlds

Review Quotes

"History buffs, look no further! This beautiful volume begins to fill in gaps in collective Texas and Mexico history with eighteen portraits of revolutionary women. Some were soldiers, others were artists, all were badass." - Ms. Magazine

"Offers a feminist take on our state's history. " - Texas Monthly

"Reclaims names that should be known for history." - San Antonio Express-News

"A revelatory journey about female power in Texas and Mexico." - Southwestern Historical Quarterly

"These women were revolutionaries who changed San Antonio and beyond." - Texas Public Radio

"A multi-genre approach." - San Antonio Report"Military history is often told from a male perspective. But a new book about the Mexican Revolution aims to change that.... Learning and sharing this history is important because, after all, it's Texas' history, too." - Texas Standard

"It's a rare and vibrant genre puzzle that mixes non-fiction with personal stories and illustrations to draw the portraits of women who were relevant before, during and after the Revolution." - AL DÍA

"The collection is built around the oft-overlooked women heroes of the Mexican Revolution but also celebrates the Virgen de Guadalupe, nun and writer Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, labor leader Emma Tenayuca, iconic painter Frida Kahlo and 14 others through the eyes of authors including Sandra Cisneros, Carmen Tafolla, Elaine Ayala, Laura Esquivel and Amalia Mesa-Bains." - San Antonio Current

"Celebrates women who refused to walk a traditional path." - Houston Public Radio

About the Author

Kathy Sosa is an artist and educator. She received national recognition for her traveling exhibition Huipiles: A Celebration, which debuted at the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, D.C., as part of the Smithsonian Latino Center. Her work has been featured on CNN and in other media nationally. She is the coproducer of the documentary series Children of the Revolución: How the Mexican Revolution Changed America's Destiny, which chronicles the history of the Texas-Mexico borderlands. She is the author of Mestizaje: The Feminist Art of Kathy Sosa and the coeditor and illustrator of Revolutionary Women of Texas and Mexico​ Portraits of Soldaderas, Saints, and Subversives​. She lives in San Antonio, Texas, and Querétaro, Mexico.