Abstract

Ilse Leitinger has collected the voices of forty-one diverse women -- some radical, others strongly conservative, and most ranging in between -- as they write about their lives and their experiences working for change within the Costa Rican community. Their voices resonate with those involved in the women's movement worldwide and provide invaluable first-hand accounts for students in women's studies courses. Brief biographies of each author underscore the leadership of Costa Rican women in Latin American feminism. The founders and editors of Mujer, one of the most influential feminist journals in Latin America, are among the authors represented here. "Offers fresh, first-hand information on the contemporary women's movement in a Latin American country". Francesca Miller, University of California, Davis, Washington Center.