It was very hard being a woman organizer. Many of our people my age and older were raised with the old customs in Mexico: where the husband rules, he… - Jessie Lopez De La Cruz

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It was very hard being a woman organizer. Many of our people my age and older were raised with the old customs in Mexico: where the husband rules, he is king of his house. The wife obeys, and the children, too. So when we first started it was very, very hard. Men gave us the most trouble-neighbors there in Parlier! They were for the union but they were not taking orders from women, they said.