Luisa Capetillo, Pioneer Puerto Rican Feminist With the Collaboration of Students from the Graduate Program in Translation, the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, Spring 1991 |
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| Author:
| Valle-Ferrer, Norma
Waldman, Gloria |
| Series title: | Nuestra Voz Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8204-4285-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2006 |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang AG International Academic Publishers
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $53.95 |
Book Description:
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Luisa Capetillo (1879-1922) was a pioneer in the struggle for women's and workers' rights. A feminist and an anarchist, she earned her living as a labor leader and journalist. She wrote brilliant theoretical essays and published four books, including several plays. Ahead of her time, she espoused vegetarianism, a daily regime of Swedish calisthenics, and was the first woman in the Caribbean to wear pants in public. Her life can be read as a dramatic novel, every day an intense ode to...
More DescriptionLuisa Capetillo (1879-1922) was a pioneer in the struggle for women's and workers' rights. A feminist and an anarchist, she earned her living as a labor leader and journalist. She wrote brilliant theoretical essays and published four books, including several plays. Ahead of her time, she espoused vegetarianism, a daily regime of Swedish calisthenics, and was the first woman in the Caribbean to wear pants in public. Her life can be read as a dramatic novel, every day an intense ode to personal and political liberation. This biography, the only in-depth historical account of her life and work, rescued her from oblivion and made her a popular icon throughout Latin America. This edition, the first available in English, brings Capetillo's inspiring story to a broader audience.