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That's Not Fair! / No Es Justo! : Emma Tenayuca's Struggle for Justice/La lucha de Emma Tenayuca por la justicia
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tafolla, Carmen.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Labor leaders.
- Labor leaders--United States.
- Labor leaders--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Spanish language materials--Bilingual.
- Tenayuca, Emma.
- Tenayuca, Emma, --1916-1999--Juvenile literature.
- Women.
- Women labor leaders--United States.
- Women labor leaders--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Labor leaders--United States--Juvenile literature--Biography.
- Women labor leaders--United States--Juvenile literature--Biography.
- Women labor leaders.
- Tenayuca, Emma, 1916-1999--Juvenile literature.
- Tenayuca, Emma, 1916-1999.
- Local Subjects:
- Labor leaders.
- Labor leaders--United States.
- Labor leaders--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Spanish language materials--Bilingual.
- Tenayuca, Emma.
- Tenayuca, Emma, --1916-1999--Juvenile literature.
- Women.
- Women labor leaders--United States.
- Women labor leaders--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (46 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : Wings Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A vivid depiction of the early injustices encountered by a young Mexican-American girl in San Antonio in the 1920's, this book tells the true story of Emma Tenayuca. Emma learns to care deeply about poverty and hunger during a time when many Mexican Americans were starving to death and working unreasonably long hours at slave wages in the city's pecan-shelling factories. Through astute perception, caring, and personal action, Emma begins to get involved and eventually, at the age of 21, leads 12,000 workers in the first significant historical act
- Contents:
- Cover; Front Flap; Copyright; 1925...; 1938...; Emma Tenayuca; About the Authors and Illustrator; Back Flap; Back Cover
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781609400569
- 1609400569
- OCLC:
- 813231283
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