Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
Date of Degree
6-2014
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.
Program
Liberal Studies
Advisor
Michele Wallace
Subject Categories
Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies | Women's Studies
Keywords
Cuba, Dominican Republic, latina, migration, Puerto Rico, women's movement
Abstract
International migrations of women to the United States had a pronounced urban bias because cities offered women the best chances to work for wages, whether they came alone or in family groups. Immigrant women were more likely than men to arrive in East Coast ports, especially New York - Donna Gabaccia
Latino immigrants have been entering the United States through New York City since before the inception of the country's history. Political history on the Caribbean islands of Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and Cuba includes influential interference from the United States. Latinos began mass migration to the U.S. in the 1940s and most heavily through the 1970s and 1980s. Radical U.S. History (i.e. National Protests of Vietnam War, Black and Chicano Civil Rights Movements, Women's Liberation Movement) carved a space for Latinas assimilated in U.S. life to participate in the counterculture and political movement. However, their cultural existence and personal attachments to the islands traditions provoked a big challenge in being able to fully participate and be accepted as influential in U.S. political history. I have concentrated my research to contextualize the experiences of Hispanic Caribbean women to respect differences in historical, political, economic and social status that make up the Latino racial identity and migration pattern.
Recommended Citation
Henriquez, Maribi, ""La Feminista Nuyorquina" Contextualizing Latina Experience in the Space of Radical U.S. History: Dominican, Puerto Rican, and Cuban Presence in New York City" (2014). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/224