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词条 Felicitas Apodaca
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{{Orphan|date=November 2016}}Felicitas Córdova Apodaca (March 6, 1912 – December 26, 1997) was a women's and children's advocate and community activist in the United States. She became involved with the Community Service Organization (CSO) in El Monte, California.[1]

Biography

Apodaca was born in Manuel Doblado outside of Guanajuato, Mexico.[2] Her father worked at the ASARCO smelter outside of El Paso, Texas and the family lived in the smelter's housing for workers.[3] Apodaca's mother, Irene Santos Cordova, was a midwife who crossed from El Paso into Mexico to help deliver babies, even during the Mexican Revolution.[3] Apodaca attended El Paso High School, but never graduated and in 1937, married her husband, Juan Apodaca.[3]

She worked as a housewife for thirteen years, during which time she joined Planned Parenthood and was in publicity photographs with her son, Juan, for the organization in 1940.[3] Later, she moved from Texas to El Monte, California, where she joined the Community Service Organization (CSO).[3] Apodaca organized fund-raisers, various activities for young people of all ages and set up a food pantry.[3] Apodaca also became involved in providing paralegal information for Mexican immigrants to the United States.[3]

References

1. ^{{Cite book|title=500 Years of Chicana Women's History/Anos de la Mujer Chicana|last=|first=|publisher=Rutgers University Press|year=2009|isbn=9780813542249|editor-last=Martinez|editor-first=Elizabeth "Betita"|edition=3rd|location=|pages=322}}
2. ^{{Cite journal|last=Apodaca|first=M. Linda|date=1999|title=There Is Nothing as Gentle as Strength, and Nothing as Strong as Gentleness: The Life and Times of Felicitas Cordova Apodaca, 1912-1997.|jstor=3346984|journal=Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies|volume=20|issue=1|pages=45–57|doi=10.2307/3346984|pmid=|subscription=yes}}
3. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_62IjQ-XQScC&lpg=PA52&dq=%22felicitas%20apodaca%22&pg=PA52#v=onepage&q=%22felicitas%20apodaca%22&f=false|title=Latinas in the United States|last=Apodaca|first=Linda|publisher=Indiana University Press|year=2007|isbn=9780253111692|editor-last=Ruiz|editor-first=Vicki L.|location=|pages=52–54|chapter=Apodaca, Felicitas (1912-1997)}}
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10 : American women activists|1912 births|1997 deaths|People from El Paso, Texas|People from El Monte, California|People from Guanajuato|American community activists|Mexican emigrants to the United States|Activists from California|Activists from Texas

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