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In Puerto Rico, Women Won the Vote in a Bittersweet Game of Colonial Politics
Colonialism, History, WomenPuertorriqueñas’ fight for suffrage shaped by class, colonialism and racism—but even today, island residents cannot vote for president
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Whose Legacy?: Voicing Women’s Rights from the 1870s to the 1930s
WomenIn 1990 I interviewed Puerto Rican women--feminist critics, sociologists, and writers--for a project on Caribbean women's discourse.