Bibliography:Secondary Sources "Comisin Femenil Mexicana Nacional, Inc.." UC Santa Barbara Library.

The Regents of the University of California, n.d. Web. 19 Dec 2013. <http://www.library.ucsb.edu/special-collections/cema/cfmn>. This document is a second hand account from UC Santa Barbara Library. The purpose of this article is to explain The Comisin Femenil Mexicana Nacional, which is an organization of women who enhance and promote the image of Chicana/Latina women in all levels of society. The Comisin supports the Chicana/Latina and promotes her issues from birth to her future careers and aging. "Domestic Violence." Mujeres Program. Mujeres Latinas En Accion, n.d. Web. 28 Jan. 2014. This source is a second hand account written by the organization MLEA. The purpose of this project is to explain why the domestic violence (DV) program was created and what MLEA does to help protect women who are victims of D.V. This source will help me because it will support my argument. Something that was helpful about this project is that there was images that will help me put in my website. "Exploring the Chicana Feminist Movement." The Birth of Chicana Feminist Thought. University of Michigan, 14 Dec. 2007. Web. 13 Jan. 2014. This article is a second-hand account provided from the University of Michigan. The purpose of this article is to explain about the thoughts of Chicana women throughout the Chicana Women feminist movement. Chicanas believed they deserved the right to be independent and express themselves freely. This source will help me in my project because it gives information that will help me develop my historical context. This also explains why MLEA has made many programs that help women become independent and become leaders in their home and community. "Exploring the Chicana Feminist Movement." What Is the Chicana Movement? University of Michigan, .14 Dec. 2007. Web. 08 Jan. 2014 This document is a second-hand account, from the University of Michigan. The purpose of this source is to explain about the Chicana women Feminist movement and how it began and what Latina women were fighting for. This source will help me in my project because I might know why MLEA was created and was proposed to help Latina women get the rights they deserved. This article will help me build my historical context and be able to explain what was going on before MLEA was created. Flanagan, Maureen. "Feminist Movements." Encyclopedia of Chicago. The Encyclopedia of Chicago, n.d. Web. 12 Dec 2013. <http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/444.html>. This article was written by Maureen Flanagan and this article is considered a secondary source.

The purpose of this document is to be able to explain the feminists movements that made gender equality and went against gender discrimination in economic, political, and social structures. Many of the movements spoken about in this article had taken place in Chicago, inspired by other movements leading across the country. Gayton, Neusa, and Marala Goode. "Latinas and Sexual Assault." Mujeres Latinas en Accion. Mujeres Latinas En Accion, n.d. Web. 12 Dec 2013. <http://www.mujereslatinasenaccion.org/userfiles/images/Documents/Latina Portrait Latinas and Sexual Assault.pdf>. Latinas and Sexual Assault is a secondary source, written by Neusa Gayton and Marala Goode. Both of these women are part of the organization, Mujeres Latinas en Accion. The purpose of this article is to focus on Chicago area Latinas to address their experiences with sexual violence and to explain why many sexual abuse is happening to Latina women. This article also explains how the organization, Mujeres Latinas en Accion, help the Latina women in Chicago to feel safe and empower many of these women. "Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment." Supreme Court Drama: Cases That Changed America. Daniel E. Brannen, Jr., Richard Clay Hanes, and Rebecca Valentine. Ed. Lawrence W. Baker. 2nd ed. Vol. 3: Equal Protection and Civil Rights (Part 1). Detroit: U*X*L, 2011. 699-706. Student Resources in Context. Web. 9 Dec. 2013. This article is a secondary source and was written by a group of people, Daniel E. Brannen, Jr, Richard Clay Hanes, and Rebecca Valentine. Ed. Lawrence W. Baker. This document explains how women were being discriminated in the United states throughout the 1870s through the 1960s. The purpose of this document is how women were trying to gain their equal rights through the 14th amendment of equal protection of the laws but the U.S government did not consider them under the amendment until the 1970s. "History." Mujeres Latinas en Accion. Mujeres Latinas En Accion, n.d. Web. 15 Dec 2013. <http://www.mujereslatinasenaccion.org/Home/about us/history>. This document is a secondary source written by the organization Mujeres Latinas en Accion (MLEA) to explain the organizations history. The purpose of this source is to tell how the organization began and why it also began leading to many events that are very significant to MLEA. "Latina Leadership." Mujeres Program. Mujeres Latinas En Accion, n.d. Web. 28 Jan. 2014. This source is a second-hand account provided by the organization Mujeres Latinas en Accion. The purpose of this source is to explain the reasoning of the creation of Latina Leadership and what women are taught through this program. This source will be helpful because it will help support my argument.Tells the audience what happened that made MLEA so successful.

"Latino Rights." Boundless. Boundless. Web. 16 Dec 2013. <https://www.boundless.com/u-s-history/the-sixties-1960-1969/the-expansion-of-thecivil-rights-movement/latino-rights/>. This source is a second hand account written by an organization named Boundless. The purpose of this article is to explain The Chicano Movement which was part of the American Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and 1970s. It sought political empowerment and social inclusion for Mexican-Americans who are also known as Chicanos.Throughout this article, it also speaks about Mexican-American civil right activists who led several major victories. Pratt, Gregory. "Pilsen Nonprofit Helps Latina Women, Families." Chicago Tribune. N.p., 24 Dec. 2013. Web. 16 Jan. 2014.
This source is a second-hand account written by Gregory Pratt. The purpose of this source is to explain about the many programs MLEA offers to help Latina women and their families. This source will be helpful because it helps me identify the significance today.

Reyes, Maritza, Alessandra Stevens, and Claire Spaulding. "Latina Portrait: Domestic Workers." Mujeres Latinas en Accion. Mujeres Latinas En Accion, n.d. Web. 11 Dec 2013. <http://www.mujereslatinasenaccion.org/userfiles/images/Publications/Latina Portrait_Domestic Workers.pdf>. This source is a secondary source written by three women named, Maritza Reyes, Alessandra Stevens, and Claire Spaulding writing about latina women who are domestic workers in the United States. The purpose of this document is to explain the type of domestic work there is in the U.S and how many of the women who work as a domestic worker are latina women. They work to support their family and work as much as they can because most women as stated in the article are a single mom or are undocumented women.

Rojas, Jessica, and Taja Lindley. "Latinas and Sterilization in the United States." National Women. National Women, n.d. Web. 19 Dec 2013. <http://nwhn.org/latinas-and-sterilization-united-states>. This document is a second hand account written by two women named, Jessica Rojas, and Taja Lindley.In addition, both of these women are part of the National Womens Health Network. The purpose of this source is to explain about the Surgical sterilization, primarily used by Latina Women in the United States. This document also describes the case known as Madrigal v. Quilligan, in 1978, where the judge ruled against the women stating that the doctors had acted in good faith and without intent to harm. With the lost of this case, many women were speaking out and brought public awareness to this situation. Saf'a, Helen. "Women's Social Movements in Latin America." Amherst . Sage

Publications, Inc., 28 01 2009. Web. 16 Dec 2013. <https://www.amherst.edu/system/files/media/1629/women soci mvt LA- Safa.pdf>. This document is a second hand account written by Helen Safa, who is from University of Florida, and this document was from database JSTOR. The purpose of this article is to explain the increasing participation of poor women in social movements in Latin America, focusing on movements centered around human rights and the supplement of public services. This article also describes the influence many women received by the feminist movements, to also begin their own organizations and start their own movements in Latin America.