Media, communication, and group action are urgently needed if we're going to control our lives in the Eighties and beyond. - Martha P. Cotera

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Media, communication, and group action are urgently needed if we're going to control our lives in the Eighties and beyond.

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About Martha P. Cotera

Martha P. Cotera (born January 17, 1938) is a librarian, writer, and influential activist of both the Chicano Civil Rights Movement and the Chicana Feminist movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Her two most notable works are Diosa y Hembra: The History and Heritage of Chicanas in the U.S. and The Chicana Feminist. Cotera was one of six women featured in a documentary, Las Mujeres de la Caucus Chicana, which recounts the experiences of some of the Chicana participants of the 1977 National Women's Conference in Houston, Texas.

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Alternative Names: Martha Cotera Martha Valdez Martínez Cotera
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