Smithsonian Voices

From the Smithsonian Museums

Quinceañera (fifteen-year-old girl) wearing a long strapless dress and posing by her mother's side.

A Dream Quinceañera? Latina Girlhood in Mainstream Media

A look into the rite of passage of quinceañeras frequently used as a symbol of gender, sexuality, and ethnicity in popular culture, including film and television.

Second grade group picture of Fernanda Cruz's yearbook.

Fernanda Contreras Cruz: Overcoming School Segregation

Group of teenagers in front of a school building.

When Emma Tenayuca Disturbed the Peace: A Girl at the Forefront of Civil Commotion

Illustration of women in their roles as a model, a skater, an activist, a gardener, a reader.

The Politics of Latina Girlhood

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