Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Roberson, Susan L., 1950-

Description

1. viii, 233 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

1. "Sixteen South Texas women stand proudly in the public mural Mujeres a Través del Tiempo by Arnold Gonzáles Sr, housed on the campus of Texas A&M University-Kingsville. These women are pioneers; they are ranchers, educators, artists, politicians, and community activists; they are general and specific, known and unknown. Inspired by the mural, Women across Time / Mujeres a Través del Tiempo assumes the biographer's task: to fill in the gaps of knowledge between the figures as seen and the lives they lived, with their trials and triumphs. Assembled by editor Susan Roberson, this collection features essays on the lives of the women who are featured in the mural, women who live or lived in the South Texas region between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande, particularly Kleberg, Kenedy, and Nueces counties. Situated near the boundary between Mexico and Texas, these women navigated more than geographic borders as they tested their place in economic, political, and artistic arenas long recognized as male domains. Taken together, these biographical sketches contribute to a revision and reimagining of the history of South Texas and provide a corrective to an Anglo-dominated history of the area by showing how Tejanas found places of leadership and creative outlets. By sketching the contributions of female students at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, the final essay brings the collection to the present and forecasts a future where opportunities for women extend beyond borders"--

Series statement

1. The Texas experience

Uniform title

1. Texas experience (Texas A & M University. Press)

Alternative title

1. Mujeres a través del tiempo

Subject

1. Mexican American women > Texas, South > Biography
2. Mexican Americans > Texas, South > Biography
3. Mexican American civic leaders > Texas, South > Biography
4. Leadership in women > Texas, South
5. Hispanic American leadership > Texas, South
6. Transformational leadership > Texas, South
7. Mexican American mural painting and decoration > Texas > San Antonio
8. Hispanic American leadership
9. Leadership in women
10. Mexican American civic leaders
11. Mexican American mural painting and decoration
12. Mexican American women
13. Mexican Americans
14. Transformational leadership
15. Texas, South > Biography
16. South Texas
17. Texas > San Antonio
18. United States

Genre/Form

1. Biographies.

Contents

1. Introduction: The Art of Biography / Art as Biography / Susan L. Roberson -- The Unnamed Women: Breaking Past Borders: Las Soldaderas during the Mexican Revolution / Veronica Nohemi Durán and Shannon L. Baker -- The Ranchers: Henrietta King / Larry Knight -- Petra Vela de Kenedy / Homero S. Vera -- Sarita Kenedy East / David Sabrio -- Helen Kleberg / Sandra Rexroat -- The Educators: Jovita González Mireles / Michelle Johnson Vela -- Mary Alice Berlanga González / Adriana Garza-Flores -- Dr. Juliet V. García / Manuel Flores -- The Politicians: Frances Tarlton "Sissy" Farenthold / Susan L. Roberson -- Anne Legendre Armstrong / Mary Lee Grant and Nirmal Goswami -- Irma Lerma Rangel / Manuel Flores -- The Artists: Carmen Lomas Garza / Mary Jane Garza and Santa Contreras Barraza -- Selena Quintanilla Pérez / Octavio Quintanilla -- Women of Service: Dr. Clotilde P. García / Pamela Wright -- Merideth L. Howard / Jenni Vinson and Richard P. Spainhour -- Paving the Way for the Next Generation / Jody A. Marín -- Epilogue / Susan L. Roberson -- Contributors.

Call number

1. JFE 23-1576

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title

1. Women across time = Mujeres a través del tiempo : sixteen influential South Texas women / edited by Susan L. Roberson.

Publisher

1. College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2022]

Edition

1. First edition.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. The Texas experience
2. Texas experience (Texas A & M University. Press)

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added author

1. Roberson, Susan L., 1950- editor, author, writer of introduction, writer of epilogue.
2. Roberson, Susan L., 1950- Frances Tarlton "Sissy" Farenthold.

LCCN

1. 2022015963

Other standard identifier

1. 40031428122

ISBN

1. 9781648430855 (cloth)
2. 1648430856

Research call number

1. JFE 23-1576