For a Just and Better World: Engendering Anarchism in the Mexican Borderlands, 1900-1938

By Sònia Hernández

Book Overview

Caritina Pi?a Montalvo personified the vital role played by Mexican women in the anarcho-syndicalist movement. Sonia Hern?ndez tells the story of how Pi?a and other Mexicanas in the Gulf of Mexico region fought for labor rights both locally and abroad in service to the anarchist ideal of a worldwide community of workers. An international labor broker, Pi?a never left her native Tamaulipas. Yet she excelled in connecting groups in the United States and Mexico. Her story explains the conditions that led to anarcho-syndicalism's rise as a tool to achieve labor and gender equity. It also reveals how women's ideas and expressions of feminist beliefs informed their experiences as leaders in and members of the labor movement.

A vivid look at a radical activist and her times, For a Just and Better World illuminates the lives and work of Mexican women battling for labor rights and gender equality in the early twentieth century.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252044045
• ISBN13: 9780252044045
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 256 Pages