CHAPTER NINE. Faith and Community

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction xv
6. CHAPTER ONE. Native Women, Mestizas, and Colonists 1
7. CHAPTER TWO. The Status of Women in the Colonial Period 25
8. CHAPTER THREE. From the Republic of Texas to 1900 45
9. CHAPTER FOUR. Revolution, Racism, and Resistance: 1900 –1940 70
10. CHAPTER FIVE. Life in Rural Texas: 1900 –1940 95
11. CHAPTER SIX. Life in Urban Texas: 1900 –1940 118
12. CHAPTER SEVEN. Education: Learning, Teaching, Leading 146
13. CHAPTER EIGHT. Entering Business and the Professions 171
14. CHAPTER NINE. Faith and Community 199
15. CHAPTER TEN. Politics, the Chicano Movement, and Tejana Feminism 225
16. CHAPTER ELEVEN. Winning and Holding Public Office 250
17. CHAPTER TWELVE. Arts and Culture 279
18. EPILOGUE. Grinding Corn 314
19. APPENDIX 1. Fifty Notable Tejanas 316
20. APPENDIX 2. Time Line 321
21. Notes 333
22. Bibliography 385
23. Index 409