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A nation of women : an early feminist speaks out = Mi opinión sobre las libertades, derechos y deberes de la mujer / by Luisa Capetillo ; edited, with an introduction by Félix V. Matos Rodríguez ; English translation by Alan West

Capetillo, Luisa,i1879-1922 [Verfasser] ; Matos Rodríguez, Félix V.,i1962-

Houston, Tex. : Arte Publico Press, 2004

Birmingham, AL, USA : EBSCO Industries, Inc.

1 Online-Ressource (li, 315 pages)

Hispanic civil rights series

Includes bibliographical references (pages xlviii-li)

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

978-1-61192-231-8 ; 1-61192-231-3

"Luisa Capetillo is best known in popular culture as the first woman to wear trousers. The splash of recognition following her 1915 arrest and acquittal for her choice of clothing today overshadows her significant contributions to the women's and the anarchist labor movements, both in her native Puerto Rico and in the migrant labor belt that stretched along the Eastern United States. This volume combines a facsimile of the original Spanish edition with a new English translation of Capetillo's landmark work, Mi opinion sobre las libertades, derechos y deberes de la mujer. Originally published in Spanish in 1911, Capetillo's arguments and incendiary rhetoric become available for the first time in English."...

"Mi opinion is considered by many to be the first feminist treatise in Puerto Rico and one of the first in Latin America and the Caribbean. In concise prose, Capetillo advocates a workers' revolution, forcefully demanding an end to the exploitation and subordination of workers and women. Her essays challenge big business in favor of socialism, and she calls for legalizing divorce and the acceptance of "free love" in relationships between men and women. Her writing also covers a swath of other topics, veering into passages concerning sexuality, mental and physical health, hygiene, spirituality, and nutrition."

"Capetillo evaluates the culture and working conditions in her native Puerto Rico and the world outside, while providing a sense of workers' movements and the condition of women at the turn of the century."--Jacket.