Working Women into the Borderlands

Contents

Foreword, by Sterling Evans ix acknowledgments xi Introduction: Norteño History as Borderlands History 1 One. Selling the Norteño Borderlands: Capital, Land, and Labor 17 Two. Peasant Women’s Work in a Changing Countryside during the Porfiriato 35 Three. “We cannot suffer any longer from the patrón’s bad treatment”: Everyday Forms of Peasant Negotiation 61 Four. (En)Gendering Revolution in the Borderlands: Revolucionarias, Combatants, and Supporters in the Northeast 83 Five. Women’s Labor and Activism in the Greater Mexican Borderlands, 1910–1930 107 Six. Class, Gender, and Power in the Postrevolutionary Borderlands 123 Epilogue 141 Appendix one. Selected Mutual-Aid Societies and Related Collective Organizations in the Mexican Northeast, 1880–1910 145 Appendix two. Selected Organizations in Texas Affiliated with the Partido Liberal Mexicano, 1911–1917 149 Appendix three. Selected Estatutos (By-Laws) and Artículos of the Unión de Obreras “Fraternidad Femenil” (Xicotencatl, Tamaulipas) 151 Notes 155 Bibliography 195 Index 217 Contents ...