Chicana

noun

Chi·​ca·​na chi-ˈkä-nə How to pronounce Chicana (audio)
 also  shi-
: an American woman or girl of Mexican descent
Chicana adjective

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This includes a discussion of specific issues facing Chicana feminists, including the relationship between Chicana feminism and cultural nationalism, feminist baiting within the Chicano Movement, and the relationship between the Chicana feminist movement and the white feminist movement. Michael Aguilar, JSTOR Daily, 26 Feb. 2024 Gloria Molina, the chair of a Chicana group that had agreed to bear any legal costs for the plaintiffs and appeared alongside Madrigal at a press conference announcing the lawsuit, went on to forge a pioneering career as a Eastside politician. Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024 De León is a professor of Anthropology and Chicana/o Studies, and Director of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at the University of California, Los Angeles. Rachel Raposas, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024 These campaigns were led at times by waves of Latino military veterans who organized after World War I, World War II and the Korean War, but just as often by activist women like the Chicana workers who went on strike more than 50 years ago. Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 17 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for Chicana 

Word History

Etymology

Mexican Spanish, feminine of chicano

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Chicana was in 1967

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“Chicana.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Chicana. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.

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