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“Brown Legs are Beautiful Too!” Deportistas and the Chicana/o Youth Movement in Texas

 Thursday, April 25, 2024

Recording: https://youtu.be/EzZImsb-ZsE

Event Organizer:  AAUW Huntingdon and Juniata College

Presenter:  Dr. Paulina Serrano, an AAUW American Dissertation Fellow last year, is a Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in History at The Pennsylvania State University. Her current book project, Deportistas! Mexican Women, Sporting Citizenship, and Belonging in Twentieth Century America, locates the histories of sportswomen of Mexican ancestry to highlight their contributions to community formation, grassroots organizing, and institution building across and within the U.S. borders. Paulina’s interests include Twentieth-Century U.S. History, gender, race and sport; and, migration. She has taught courses in the Latina/o Studies Program and the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department at Penn State.

Summary:  The sporting experiences of women of Mexican ancestry have long stood at the margins of our collective memories. In her talk, Dr. Serrano provides insight into these histories and focuses on the broader contributions that women of Mexican descent have made in the Southwestern Borderlands, in particular on the playing fields and sidelines of South Texas during the Twentieth Century. This talk will underscore how these spaces have provided a platform for Chicanas to forge their political consciousness and take on leadership roles in grassroots organizing.

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