Chicana
Key Terms
Important People
Chicana Video
Bonus Knowledge
100

 Is Chicana a biological identity or political designation?

What is Political Designation

100

Term used to describe someone fighting for equal rights for women and even men.

What is Feminist

100

This person was a Tejana involved in organizing an International Workers Alliance

Who is Louisa Gonzalez

100

According to their ideology, what did they believe was the primary role of the women?

What is To Reproduce

100

Identity is important because...

What is Our historical value as groups dictates how we’re viewed today

200

The Chicano/Chicana Feminist Movement is encouraging women to ____

What is speak out, support issues of race, etc., address double standards...

200

Term used to describe prejudice, injustice, and most importantly discrimination toward a group of people because of their association with a certain ethnicity.

What is Racism

200

The author who wrote This Bridge Called My Back

Who is Cherrie Moraga

200
According to old Latin ideology, ____ is the cheapest source of labor and has a traditional role of a "homemaker"

What is A Woman

200

Rough point in time where Chicanas started questioning cultural nationalism (Chicanismo)

What is The 1970s

300

The Goal of Liberal Feminists

What is to want whatever the men have

300

Term used to describe the collection of beliefs, behaviors, and values that are shared by a group of people, such as a nation or religious group

What is Culture

300
This person was a Farmworker Organizer and started supporting the cause at just the age of 18

Who is Emma Tenayuca

300

He controls the lives of all and is the protector, law-maker, and the exploiter

Who is The Padron

300

In No Mas Bebes, Latina women were classified as ___

What is Inconsiderate, uneducated, hyper-fertile beings

400

The Belief of Radical Feminists

What is Men have the power and caused women's oppression

400

Term used to describe groups of women that are identified as (but not limited to) brown, black, etc.; union of non-white females

What is Women of Color

400

The author who wrote "Chicana Feminism"

Who is Anna NietoGomez

400

The only wealth Sor Juana possessed but had to give up

What is Library and Writings

400
The reading (discussed on Wednesday) which points out the difference between struggles of white women and women of color as well as the privilege factor

What is Speaking in Tongues

500

The Goal of Women's Liberationists

What is To unify people and end all oppression

500

Term used to describe the exploitation of labor by business

What are Slave Wages

500

This person was the most renowned feminist of her time for the Chicanos/Chicanas and a passionate believer of Women's Rights

Who is Sor Juana

500

This individual became an interpreter between Mexican Tribes and the Spaniards to gain her freedom

Who is Malinche

500

The term used to describe advantages possessed by a white person on the basis of their race in a society characterized by racial inequality and injustice

What is White Privilege