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A Penguin Classic
In 1915, Puerto Rican activist Luisa Capetillo was arrested and acquitted in 1915 for being the first woman to wear men's trousers publicly. While this act of gender-nonconforming rebellion elevated her to feminist icon status in modern pop culture, it also overshadowed the significant contributions she made to both the women's movement and anarchist labor movements of the early twentieth century--both in her native Puerto Rico and in the migrant labor belt in the eastern United States. With the volume A Nation of Women, Capetillo's socialist and feminist activism is given the spotlight it deserves with its inclusion of the first English translation of Capetillo's landmark Mi opinión sobre las libertades, derechos y deberes de la mujer. Originally published in Spanish in 1911, Mi opinión is considered by many to be the first feminist treatise in Puerto Rico and one of the first in Latin America and the Caribbean. In concise prose, Capetillo advocates a workers' revolution, forcefully demanding an end to the exploitation and subordination of workers and women. Her essays challenge big business in favor of socialism, call for legalizing divorce and the acceptance of "free love" in relationships between men and women, and cover topics like sexuality, mental and physical health, hygiene, spirituality, and nutrition. At once a sharp critique and a celebration of the gathering fervor of world politics, A Nation of Women embraces the humanistic thinking of the early twentieth century and envisions a world in which economic and social structures can be broken down, allowing both the worker and the woman to be free.
A Penguin Classic
In 1915, Puerto Rican activist Luisa Capetillo was arrested and acquitted in 1915 for being the first woman to wear men's trousers publicly. While this act of gender-nonconforming rebellion elevated her to feminist icon status in modern pop culture, it also overshadowed the significant contributions she made to both the women's movement and anarchist labor movements of the early twentieth century--both in her native Puerto Rico and in the migrant labor belt in the eastern United States. With the volume A Nation of Women, Capetillo's socialist and feminist activism is given the spotlight it deserves with its inclusion of the first English translation of Capetillo's landmark Mi opinión sobre las libertades, derechos y deberes de la mujer. Originally published in Spanish in 1911, Mi opinión is considered by many to be the first feminist treatise in Puerto Rico and one of the first in Latin America and the Caribbean. In concise prose, Capetillo advocates a workers' revolution, forcefully demanding an end to the exploitation and subordination of workers and women. Her essays challenge big business in favor of socialism, call for legalizing divorce and the acceptance of "free love" in relationships between men and women, and cover topics like sexuality, mental and physical health, hygiene, spirituality, and nutrition. At once a sharp critique and a celebration of the gathering fervor of world politics, A Nation of Women embraces the humanistic thinking of the early twentieth century and envisions a world in which economic and social structures can be broken down, allowing both the worker and the woman to be free.
Félix V. Matos Rodríguez is the Chancellor of the City University of New York (CUNY). With his appointment, Matos Rodríguez made history by becoming the first educator of color, and the first Latino, selected as CUNY's Chancellor.
GROUNDBREAKING FEMINIST AND SOCIALIST: Capetillo is most famous for being the first woman to be arrested for wearing trousers in public in the 1920s, but she is less known for her work as an advocate for migrant workers' rights,
POTENTIAL PUERTO RICO STATEHOOD IN 2021: Puerto Rico has presented to the U.S. House of Representatives a proposal backed by legislators of both parties to pave the way for this country to become a U.S. state in 2021.
CARIBBEAN CLASSICS:A Nation of Women will be an excellent addition to our Caribbean classics list, featuring Reinaldo Arenas's Before Night Falls, Sam Selvon's The Housing Lark, and Joseph Zobel's Black Shack Alley.
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH: This edition will be published in time to promote for Women's History Month in March.
A NATION OF WOMEN
Preface
Woman in the Home, in the Family,and in Government
An Important Issue for Mothers
Man and Woman
Free Love: by Magdalena Vernet
Varieties: Feminism (from L’Avenir Médical of Paris)
Important!
On Honesty
What Men Do
Natural Forces
To My Daughter Manuela Ledesma Capetillo
Reflections
Your Black Scarf: To María Luisa Rodríguez
Special Excerpts
Women During Primitive Times
To Jacinto Texidor: Memories
Elisa Tavarez de Storer
To M. Martínez Rossello, Arecibo
To Tomás Carrión
My Profession of Faith: To Manuel Ugarte,Paris
Impressions of a Trip, July 1909: Rememberingthe Federación Libre (Free Federation)
Thinking of You: For M.L., Arecibo
Selected Bibliography
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe, Soziologie |
| Rubrik: | Wissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
| ISBN-13: | 9780143136071 |
| ISBN-10: | 0143136070 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Originalsprache: | Spanisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Capetillo, Luisa |
| Redaktion: | Matos Rodríguez, Félix V |
| Übersetzung: | West-Durán, Alan |
| Hersteller: | Penguin Publishing Group |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 193 x 127 x 14 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Luisa Capetillo |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 14.09.2021 |
| Gewicht: | 0,156 kg |
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