12.17.04 // 1:19 p.m.
Se me olvid�. I was supposed to post the second woman of the month:
Emma Tenayuca
(1916-1999)
Chicana labor leader from San Antonio, Texas. Tenayuca was one of the main leaders of the 1938 pecan shellers strike. Six to eight thousand workers, mainly women, protested low wages and unhealthy working conditions. Although Tenayuca was blacklisted for her labor activism in Texas, she is still remembered for her activsim that contributed to the establishment of a national minimum wage.
Tenayuca showed that Chicanas were empowered and willing to stand up for their rights... even in 1930s Texas.
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