Latinas taking charge, getting voices heard

Posted on: January 28th, 2007
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“Latinas in political office aren’t numerous enough yet to have become a cliché or even a stereotype.

But their numbers have been growing over the past decade, some of them laboring quietly and persevering in public service. And theyve finally caught the eyes of local researchers.

“Chicanas have never been given the credit they deserve,” said José Angel Gutiérrez, history professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, who began collecting and archiving videotaped interviews of leading Latino Texans about 10 years ago.”

Source: http://www.dallasnews.com
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