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Mujeres Fuertes: Strong Women in Environmental Work on the US-Mexico Border

Myers, Melissa L.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1274723786

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2010, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, Latin American Studies (International Studies).
Environmental contamination on the US-Mexico border has led many inhabitants of the borderlands to pursue environmental advocacy through participation in environmental organizations. Research has shown that the majority of environmental activists around the world, and specifically in the United States and Latin America, are women. This thesis investigates how women working within environmental organizations in San Diego, California and Baja California, Mexico define themselves and their environmental advocacy. Through their words and actions, I show that many of these women are empowered or "strong" women, challenging gender norms both within and outside of their participation in environmental advocacy and I investigate how these women have (or have not) changed as a result of their participation in such groups. Through these analyses, I explore whether environmental organizations are leading to women's empowerment or fulfilling unintended feminist goals.
Risa Whitson, PhD (Committee Chair)
Ariaster Chimeli, PhD (Committee Member)
Elizabeth Edna Wangui, PhD (Committee Member)
144 p.
American Studies; Gender; Hispanic Americans; Latin American History; Social Structure; Womens Studies
environment; women; US-Mexico Border; Latin America; la frontera; feminism; activism

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  • Myers, M. L. (2010). Mujeres Fuertes: Strong Women in Environmental Work on the US-Mexico Border [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1274723786

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Myers, Melissa. Mujeres Fuertes: Strong Women in Environmental Work on the US-Mexico Border. 2010. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1274723786.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Myers, Melissa. "Mujeres Fuertes: Strong Women in Environmental Work on the US-Mexico Border." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1274723786

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