Chicano/a History
In recent years the field of Chicano/a history has grown from a subfiled into its own discipline.
With Pioneer like Prof. Vicki Ruiz, Prof. Deena Gonzalez, and Prof. Emma Perez , Chicanas have been acknowledged and recognized in history.
For further reading on Chicana History look up the following books:
                  Refusing the Favor: Spanish-Mexican Women of Santa Fe, 1820-1880
                                  by Deena J. Gonzalez
                                  This book gives a voice and prescence to women in New Mexico
                                   during the American conquest of the Southwestern U.S- formerly
                                   Mexican Territory
 
                      From Out of the Shadows : Mexican Women in Twentieth-CenturyAmerica
                                    by Vicki Ruiz
                                           This books is a study of Mexican American women in the 20th century.
                                    It is about the community organizations and political protest that  Mexican
                                    American women have played in establishing Mexican Americans in the United
                                    States, by using interviews and pictures.
 

                  The Decolonial Imaginary: Writing Chicanas into History (Theories of
                 Representation and Difference)
                                    by Emma Perez
                                    In this book Prof. Perez talks about the methods that have been used to
                                    create Chicano history, she argues that the methodology has resulted in the
                                    omittance of gender.  Most importantly Perez provides new tools for to
                                    represent the voices of Chicanas in history.
 

                                                                       
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