U.S. feminist historiography has tended to elide, diminish, or ignore the contributions of women of color to the theoretical formation of contemporary feminist thought. This is partially due to the fact that so much of what women of color have written has been lost to the archive, because women of color had minimal access to the mainstream publishing industry, and because so many of their texts were published by small independent presses. These texts do exist. However, in most cases they reside not in libraries, but in the personal/private archives of women who are still living. I have spent the last few years collecting some of these texts and am currently working on a multi-pronged research and archival recovery project that will bring them back into publication as an edited series with contextualizing introductions (written by me) as well as essays by and quotes from Chicana feminists.

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Student Tasks and Responsibilities:  (1)Preparing two short manuscripts (The Chicana Feminist by Martha Cotera, Diosa y Hembra by Martha Cotera) and one long manuscript (Dorinda Moreno's collection, La Mujer en Pie de Lucha) for future publication. (2) Contacting activists and authors who contributed to Moreno's book. (3) Researching other out-of-print publications by Chicanas and Latinas.