Madrinas Paving the Way

Abstract

This chapter provides an overview of the history of Latinx feminism. It includes a brief history about Latinx feminist leaders and the development of feminism including womanism, Black feminism, mujerismo, and womanista. The chapter includes ways in which Latina feminism highlights indigenous ways of knowing including mestiza consciousness, borderlands, and nepantla. This chapter sets the groundwork for the authors to explore contemporary perspectives on Latinx feminism including their own feminist identity developments in another chapter.

“The expectation was always that I was also going to be a strong woman”: Exploring the experiences of Latina feminists in psychology.

“…While Latina feminism has been underexplored in social science research, there is growth in this area indicating that those who identify as Latina do support feminist ideals and are able to integrate them (e.g., Manago et al, 2009). Moreover, there are recent rich histories detailing the influences of Latinas in the feminist movement (Delgado-Romero et al, 2023; Manosalvas et al, 2023). Therefore, highlighting this work is crucial to make Latina feminism more visible and operating from a strengths-based perspective shifts the narrative from a deficit model and is congruent with multicultural approaches to psychology (Carrillo & Dean, 2020).…”