Download or read book Latina Legacies written by Vicki Ruíz and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2005 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of Latinas in the United States from the 1800s, this collection of narrative biographies documents the lives of fifteen remarkable individuals who witnessed, defined, defied, and wrote about the forces that shaped their lives. This anthology profiles Victoria Reid, Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton, Maria Gertrudis Barcelo, and more.