Nationalist heroines : Puerto Rican women history forgot, 1930s-1950s / by Olga Jiménez de Wagenheim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wagenheim, Olga Jiménez de, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Political activity--Puerto Rico--History--20th century.

Women.

Women political activists--Puerto Rico--Biography.

Women political activists.

Nationalists--Puerto Rico--Biography.

Nationalists.

Women heroes--Puerto Rico--Biography.

Women heroes.

Nationalism--Puerto Rico--History--20th century.

Nationalism.

Colonial influence.

Politics and government.

Women--Political activity.

History.

Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico--Politics and government--20th century.

Puerto Rico--History--Autonomy and independence movements.

Autonomy and independence movements.

Puerto Rico--Colonial influence.

Puerto Rico--Relations--United States.

Relations.

United States.

United States--Relations--Puerto Rico.

International relations.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 347 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Markus Wiener Publishers, [2016]

Summary:

"A group of Nationalists led by Pedro Albizu Campos made it clear that they would free Puerto Rico from colonial rule. A confrontation between the Nationalists and the colonial police in October 1935 left four Nationalists dead. Albizu Campos and seven of his aides were convicted on seditious charges and sent to a federal prison in Atlanta, Georgia. His followers attempted to hold a demonstration in Ponce, Albizu Campos' hometown, and were gunned down by the police: nineteen were killed and more than one hundred and fifty were wounded. Eight Nationalists then attempted to kill Governor, Blanton Winship. Back in Puerto Rico in 1947, Albizu Campos began to plan for a revolution, which he launched on October 30, 1950. A commando unit of five attacked the Governor's residence while others assaulted police stations in half a dozen cities and towns throughout the island. One woman (Doris Torresola) was shot while protecting her leader. The same day Blanca Canales was one of three to lead the revolt in Jayuya. Two days later, two Nationalists, residents of New York, attempted to kill, President Truman at Blair House, his temporary residence. Massive arrests followed and forty-one women were detained on suspicion they had conspired with the rebels. Two of the fifteen women indicted were sentenced to life in prison. Then, on March 1, 1954, another woman (Dolores Lebrón) led three male companions in the attack of the U.S. House of Representatives where five congressmen were shot for keeping Puerto Rico in bondage. Historians have largely overlooked the roles of these Nationalist women. Now the book, Nationalist Heroines : Puerto Rican Women History Forgot, 1930s-1950s seeks to rescue the stories of the women who gave up their freedom in search of freeing their homeland"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I. Dominga de la Cruz-Becerril rescues the flag

Part II. Nationalist women imprisoned in Puerto Rico, 1950-1954

Blanca Canales Torresola

Leonides Diaz Diaz

Carmen Maria Perez Gonzalez

Ruth Mary Reynolds

Isabel Rosado Morales

Doris Torresola Roura

Olga Isabel Viscal Garriga

Part III. Nationalist women imprisoned in the United States, 1950-1954

Rosa Cortes Collazo

Dolores (Lolita) Lebron Soto

Carmen Dolores Otero de Torresola

Part IV. Brief accounts of other women arrested in Puerto Rico

Juana Mills Rosa

Juanita Ojeda Maldonado

Ramona Padilla de Negron

Angelina Torresola de Platet

Monserrate Valle de Lopez.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-345).

ISBN:

9781558766181

1558766189

9781558766198

1558766197

OCLC:

946788093

Publisher Number:

99969464396