Download or read book From Out of the Shadows written by Vicki L. Ruiz and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1999 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vicki L. Ruiz provides the first full study of Mexican-American women in the 20th century, in a narrative enhanced by interviews and personal stories that capture a vivid sense of the Mexicana experience in the United States. Beginning with the first wave of women crossing the border early this century, Ruiz reveals the struggles they have faced, the communities they have built, and also highlights the various forms of political protest they have initiated. What emerges from the book is a portrait of a distinctive culture in America that has slowly gathered strength in the last 95 years.