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A few faint spots to the fore-edge and bottom edge. Memoir of Leonor Villegas de Magnon, a participant in the Mexican Revolution who rebelled against her aristocratic class. In 1910, she moved from Mexico to Laredo, Texas and continued her support of the revolution as a member of the Junta Revolucionaria and founding La Cruz Blanca (The White Cross), a corps of nurses for the revolutionary forces. [lvi] 297 pages, including Preface (In Search of an Autobiography: On Mapping Women's Intellectual History of the Borderlands) and a lengthy Introduction (Revolutionary Women and the Alternative Press in the Borderlands). Appendixes to the text include the following: Appendix I - Chronology of Events Surrounding the Mexican Revolution; Appendix II - Bio-Bibliography of Historical Characters; Appendix III - Autobiographies of the Mexican Revolution Published Between 1920-1955; Appendix IV - Glossary; Appendix V - Onomastic Index.
Title: The Rebel
Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Texana, Biographies and Memoirs,
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Houston, Texas, Arte Publico Press: 1994
ISBN: 1558850562
ISBN 13: 9781558850569
Binding: Soft Cover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Seller ID: 06424
Keywords: Leonor Villegas De Magnon, Mexican Revolution, Memoir,