Victoria Reid and the politics of identity / María Raquel Casas -- Gertrudis Barceló : La Tules of image and reality / Deena J. González -- The adventures of Loreta Janeta Velázquez : Civil War spy and storyteller / Amy Dockser Marcus -- María Amparo Ruiz de Burton and the power of her pen / Rosaura Sánchez and Beatrice Pita -- Lola Rodríguez de Tió and the Puerto Rican struggle for freedom / Edna Acosta-Belén -- Teresa Urrea : curandera and folk saint / Marian Perales -- Luisa Capetillo : feminist of the working class / Nancy A. Hewitt -- Adelina Otero Warren : rural aristocrat and modern feminist / Elizabeth Salas -- Pura Belpré : the children's ambassador / Lisa Sánchez González -- Jovita González Mireles : a sense of history and homeland / María Eugenia Cotera -- Luisa Moreno and Latina labor activism / Vicki L. Ruiz -- Carmen Miranda : the high price of fame and bananas / Brian O'Neil -- Antonia Pantoja and the power of community action / Virginia Sánchez Korrol -- Ana Mendieta's art : a journey through her life / Carlos A. Cruz -- Dolores Huerta and the United Farm Workers / Alicia Chávez.