It’s only recently that I have been able to talk about some… - Emma Tenayuca

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It’s only recently that I have been able to talk about some of the things that I saw here. I mean as far as poverty – because it was just too difficult.

Emma Tenayuca

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Emma Beatrice Tenayuca (December 21, 1916 – July 23, 1999), also known as Emma Beatrice Tenayuca, was an American labor leader, union organizer and educator. She is best known for her work organizing Mexican workers in Texas during the 1930s, particularly for leading the 1938 San Antonio pecan shellers strike.

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Alternative Names: La Pasionaria de Texas • Emma Beatrice Tenayuca

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We’ve been spending too much money on armaments. We haven’t had any peace since World War II. We had troops in Korea, Vietnam, South American, Europe. We cannot continue to do that.

It wasn’t until the ‘30s that Spanish began to be taught in the schools – in the high schools. And there was a woman by the name of Esther Caravajal who wrote one of the first text books for the teaching of Spanish in the schools here.

You had this factionalism all the time.

It’s only recently that I have been able to talk about some of the things that I saw here. I mean as far as poverty – because it was just too difficu… - Emma Tenayuca

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