{"product_id":"agent-of-change-adela-sloss-vento-mexican-american-civil-rights-activist-and-texas-feminist-9781477319871","title":"Agent of Change: Adela Sloss-Vento, Mexican American Civil Rights Activist and Texas Feminist","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiz Carpenter Award for Research in the History of Women, Texas State Historical Association\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe essayist Adela Sloss-Vento (1901-1998) was a powerhouse of activism in South Texas's Lower Rio Grande Valley throughout the Mexican American civil rights movement beginning in 1920 and the subsequent Chicano movement of the 1960s and 1970s. At last presenting the full story of Sloss-Vento's achievements, \u003ci\u003eAgent of Change\u003c\/i\u003e revives a forgotten history of a major female Latina leader.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBringing to light the economic and political transformations that swept through South Texas in the 1920s as ranching declined and agribusiness proliferated, Cynthia E. Orozco situates Sloss-Vento's early years within the context of the Jim Crow\/Juan Crow era. Recounting Sloss-Vento's rise to prominence as a public intellectual, Orozco highlights a partnership with Alonso S. Perales, the principal founder of the League of United Latin American Citizens. \u003ci\u003eAgent of Change\u003c\/i\u003e explores such contradictions as Sloss-Vento's tolerance of LULAC's gender-segregated chapters, even though the activist was an outspoken critic of male privilege in the home and a decidedly progressive wife and mother. Inspiring and illuminating, this is a complete portrait of a savvy, brazen critic who demanded reform on both sides of the US-Mexico border.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-4674203\"\u003eCynthia E. Orozco\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781477319871\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1477319875\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS036060\"\u003eUnited States | 20th Century\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC044000\"\u003eEthnic Studies | American | Hispanic American Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCynthia E. Orozco is a professor of history and humanities at Eastern New Mexico University, Ruidoso. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eNo Mexicans, Women, or Dogs Allowed: The Rise of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eMexican Americans in Texas History\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45795438592175,"sku":"9781477319871","price":49.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/9255\/8767\/files\/img_3f6b755c-50b1-4693-8664-3c8bde94b8dd.jpg?v=1755603950","url":"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/products\/agent-of-change-adela-sloss-vento-mexican-american-civil-rights-activist-and-texas-feminist-9781477319871","provider":"Corrections Bookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}