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Title

A nation of women : an early feminist speaks out = Mi opinión sobre las libertades, derechos y deberes de la mujer / by Luisa Capetillo ; edited, with an introduction by Félix V. Matos Rodríguez ; English translation by Alan West.

Author

Capetillo, Luisa, 1879-1922

Publication

Houston, Tex. : Arte Publico Press, c2004.

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Details

Additional Authors

Matos Rodríguez, Félix V., 1962-

Description

li, 315 p.; 22 cm.

Summary

• "Capetillo evaluates the culture and working conditions in her native Puerto Rico and the world outside, while providing a sense of workers' movements and the condition of women at the turn of the century."--Jacket.
• "Luisa Capetillo is best known in popular culture as the first woman to wear trousers. The splash of recognition following her 1915 arrest and acquittal for her choice of clothing today overshadows her significant contributions to the women's and the anarchist labor movements, both in her native Puerto Rico and in the migrant labor belt that stretched along the Eastern United States. This volume combines a facsimile of the original Spanish edition with a new English translation of Capetillo's landmark work, Mi opinion sobre las libertades, derechos y deberes de la mujer. Originally published in Spanish in 1911, Capetillo's arguments and incendiary rhetoric become available for the first time in English."
• "Mi opinion 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, and she calls for legalizing divorce and the acceptance of "free love" in relationships between men and women. Her writing also covers a swath of other topics, veering into passages concerning sexuality, mental and physical health, hygiene, spirituality, and nutrition."

Series Statement

Hispanic civil rights series

Uniform Title

• Digitalia.
• Hispanic civil rights series.

Alternative Title

Mi opinión sobre las libertades, derechos y deberes de la mujer

Subject

• Capetillo, Luisa, 1879-1922
• Feminism
• Women > Social conditions

Note

• "Combines a facsimile of the original Spanish edition with a new English translation ... originally published in Spanish in 1911"--Publisher's blurb.
• "Recovering the U.S. hispanic literary heritage"

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages xlviii-li).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Introduction: "Mi patria es la libertad": Context and Introduction to Puerto Rico's First Feminist Treatise -- A Nation of Women: An Early Feminist Speaks Out -- Woman in the home, in the family, and in government -- An Important Issue for Mothers -- Man and Woman -- Free Love / Magdalena Vernet -- Varieties: Feminism from L'Avenir M?ical of Paris -- Important! -- On Honesty -- What Men Do -- Natural Forces -- To My Daughter Manuela Ledesma Capetillo -- Reflections -- Your Black Scarf -- Special Excerpts -- Women During Primitive Times -- To Jacinto Texidor: Memories -- Elisa Tavarez de Storer -- Postcards -- To M. Martinez Rosello -- To Tomas Carrion -- My Profession of Faith: To Manuel Ugarte -- Impressions of Trip, July 1909 -- Thinking of You.
• Mi opinion sobre las libertades, derechos y deberes de la mujer: La mujer en el hogar, en la familia, en el gobierno -- Una cuestion importante para las madres -- El hombre y la mujer -- El amor libre / Magdalena Vernet -- Variedades: Feminismo de L'Avenir Medical de Paris -- Importante! -- Sobre la honestidad -- Lo que hacen los hombres -- Fuerzas naturales -- A mi hija Manuela Ledesma Capetillo -- Reflexiones -- Tu panuelo negro -- Extractos especiales -- La mujer en la epoca primitiva -- A Jacinto Texidor: Recuerdos -- Elisa Tavarez de Storer -- Las Postales -- A M. Martinez Rosello -- A Tomas Carrion -- Mi profesion de fe: A Manuel Ugarte -- Impresiones de viaje julio 1909 -- Pensando en ti.

ISBN

1558854274 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2004052188

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library