Nuestro Cine: What is it like to be a single Latina activist mother?

In honor of International Women's Day this past Monday we will be highlighting women in the Americas. Yesterday we briefly looked at Colombian singer Lucia Pulido who performed in concert last night. Today we recognize the experiences of single Latina mothers who juggled home life with sociopolitical activism. According to the description of "A Crushing Love" on YouTube:

A Crushing Love, Sylvia Morales sequel to her groundbreaking history of Chicana women, Chicana (1979), honors the achievements of five activist Latinas—labor organizer/farm worker leader Dolores Huerta, author/educator Elizabeth Betita Martinez, writer/playwright/educator Cherrie Moraga, civil rights advocate Alicia Escalante, and historian/writer Martha Cotera—and considers how these single mothers managed to be parents and effect broad-based social change at the same time.

The following is a revealing clip from that documentary that encapsulates some of the ups and downs of being a single Latina activist mami:

(The above clip comes courtesy of Women Make Movies, www.wmm.com).

Online Sources- YouTube, The Latin Americanist