{"product_id":"agent-of-change-adela-sloss-vento-mexican-american-civil-rights-activist-and-texas-feminist-paperback","title":"Agent of Change: Adela Sloss-Vento, Mexican American Civil Rights Activist and Texas Feminist - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCynthia E. Orozco\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiz Carpenter Award for Research in the History of Women, Texas State Historical Association\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe essayist Adela Sloss-Vento (1901-1998) was a powerhouse of activism in South Texas's Lower Rio Grande Valley throughout the Mexican American civil rights movement beginning in 1920 and the subsequent Chicano movement of the 1960s and 1970s. At last presenting the full story of Sloss-Vento's achievements, \u003ci\u003eAgent of Change\u003c\/i\u003e revives a forgotten history of a major female Latina leader.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBringing to light the economic and political transformations that swept through South Texas in the 1920s as ranching declined and agribusiness proliferated, Cynthia E. Orozco situates Sloss-Vento's early years within the context of the Jim Crow\/Juan Crow era. Recounting Sloss-Vento's rise to prominence as a public intellectual, Orozco highlights a partnership with Alonso S. Perales, the principal founder of the League of United Latin American Citizens. \u003ci\u003eAgent of Change\u003c\/i\u003e explores such contradictions as Sloss-Vento's tolerance of LULAC's gender-segregated chapters, even though the activist was an outspoken critic of male privilege in the home and a decidedly progressive wife and mother. Inspiring and illuminating, this is a complete portrait of a savvy, brazen critic who demanded reform on both sides of the US-Mexico border.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCynthia E. Orozco is a professor of history and humanities at Eastern New Mexico University, Ruidoso. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eNo Mexicans, Women, or Dogs Allowed: The Rise of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eMexican Americans in Texas History\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53757320724813,"sku":"9781477319871","price":65.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/N2ZPZzdRK0dUMGtNbVpOZlNwVFo0Zz09.webp?v=1776761247","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/agent-of-change-adela-sloss-vento-mexican-american-civil-rights-activist-and-texas-feminist-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}