Immigrant Rights Organizer Beatriz Hernandez on Journalist Jovita Idár.

Format:

Video

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican Americans--Biography.

Mexican Americans.

Journalists--United States.

Journalists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (5 minutes)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Look What SHE Did!, 2022.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

Jovita Idár was a Mexican-American journalist, activist, nurse and educator, born in Laredo, Texas in 1885. Starting out as a school teacher, she went on to join her family business as a newspaper journalist, writing on topics like segregation, racism, poverty, politics, women and voting rights. During the Mexican revolution, Idár incurred the ire of the US president after criticizing him in print, a move that prompted the Texas governor to send rangers to her door. Idár stood up for herself and her newspaper, citing her first amendment right to freedom of speech and closed the door. She later served as a wartime nurse, started a Spanish-language newspaper, fought for women's rights and so much more. As immigrant rights organizer Beatriz Hernandez lovingly says, "she was a CHINGONA!"

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