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National Museum of the American Latino

DACA monarch butterfly sign

Girlhood in Latina/o/x Children’s and Young Adult Literature

Black and white photograph of a girls posing for a first communion picture. A dropdown background image of a man with a halo around his head. A photographer stands with a camera in front of the girl.

Picturing Catholic Girlhood: Religion, Portrait Photography, and Building Latina/o/x Collections

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

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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