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by Kathy Sosa (Author), Lionel Sosa (Author)
The first coloring book celebrating more than five hundred years of Latina trailblazers from Texas and Mexico. Inspired by the book by the same title and by popular demand from its readers, this playful yet historically on point collection features twenty-four portraits of some of history's most inspirational women. Pictures are accompanied by brief biographies. Portraits by Kathy and Lionel Sosa to color include Alice Dickerson Montemayor, Chavela Vargas, Emma Tenayuca, Frida Kahlo, Genoveva Morales, Gloria Anzaldúa, Jane McManus Storm Cazneau, Juana Belén Gutiérrez de Mendoza, Las Soladeras, Las Valientas, María Concepción Acevedo de la Llata, La Malinche, Nahui Olin, Adina De Zavala, Rena Maverick Green, Emily Edwards, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Teresa Urrea, the Virgin of Guadalupe, the women of Guerrero, Dolores Huerta, Laura Esquivel, Astrid Hadad, Sandra Cisneros, Ellen Riojas Clark, and the Zapatistas. Coloring fun for all ages!
Author Biography
Kathy Sosa is an artist and educator. She received national recognition for her traveling exhibition Huipiles: A Celebration, which debuted at the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, D.C., as part of the Smithsonian Latino Center. Her work has been featured on CNN and in other media nationally. She is the coproducer of the documentary series Children of the Revolución: How the Mexican Revolution Changed America's Destiny, which chronicles the history of the Texas-Mexico borderlands. She is the author of Mestizaje: The Feminist Art of Kathy Sosa and the coeditor and illustrator of Revolutionary Women of Texas and Mexico Portraits of Soldaderas, Saints, and Subversives. She lives in San Antonio, Texas, and Querétaro, Mexico.
