Panel and Performance: “50 Years of Chicana Feminism: Celebrating the Hijas de Cuauhtémoc”

Join us to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1971 newspaper Hijas de Cuauhtémoc, a groundbreaking publication of Chicana feminist activism and philosophy. Hijas de Cuauhtémocmembers were among the first to articulate Chicana feminism, creating a praxis that embraced economic justice, community empowerment and third world solidarity as well as named key issues of domestic violence, the sexual double standard, and employment for Chicanas.

Featuring the original members Anna Nieto Gomez and Corinne Sánchez

Scholars/Musicians: Dionne Espinoza (CSULA), María Cotera (UT Austin), Maylei Blackwell (UCLA), Grammy-winning musician Martha Gonzalez (Scripps College/Quetzal).

Sponsored by the UCLA César E. Chávez Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies, the Chicano Studies Research Center, and the Center for the Study of Women.

A recording of this event is available for viewing on the CSRC YouTube channel.