This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -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 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. 94 pp. Englisch.

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T�tulo: Luisa Capetillo, Pioneer Puerto Rican Feminist
Editor: Peter Lang Jun 2006
Fecha de publicaci�n: 2006
Idioma: Ingl�s
ISBN 10: 0820442852
ISBN 13: 9780820442853
Encuadernaci�n: Taschenbuch
Estado: Neu

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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 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.

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The Author: Norma Valle-Ferrer is a journalist, writer, and professor at the Escuela de Comunicaci�n, Universidad de Puerto Rico. She is producer and host of the weekly radio program Agenda de Hoy heard on the University of Puerto Rico radio station WRTU-FM. She has published six books, including Fiestas de Cruz; El ABC de un Periodismo No Sexista; and Apreciaci�n Cr�tica de la Radio en Puerto Rico. Her articles have been published widely in Puerto Rico and Latin America.
The Translator: Gloria Waldman-Schwartz is a professor at York College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York. Her books include Feminismo ante el Franquismo; Borges in/and/on Cine; Luis Rafael S�nchez: Pasi�n Teatral; Spanish Women Writers: A Bio-bibliographical Source Book; and Argentine Jewish Theatre: A Critical Anthology. She was theatre critic for El Nuevo D�a (Puerto Rico) and El Diario/La Prensa (New York).

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