Facing disenfranchisement and exclusion from the mainstream American society as well as political Chicano movements, Chicana activists nonetheless stood up for their rights and mobilized to create their own organizations such as the Comisión Feminil Mexicana Nacional in 1970. Activists such as Martha Cotera also called on LRUP to make room for feminists and helped organize pioneering Chicana feminist meetings in Houston during 1971 and 1972. The efforts of Chicana activists brought to light different strains of oppositional politics within the Chicano civil rights movement. In addition to cultural and political nationalism that dominated the official ideology of LRUP, one could also discern feminist voices as well as voices of Marxist
Facing disenfranchisement and exclusion from the mainstream American society as well as political Chicano movements, Chicana activists nonetheless stood up for their rights and mobilized to create their own organizations such as the Comisión Feminil Mexicana Nacional in 1970. Activists such as Martha Cotera also called on LRUP to make room for feminists and helped organize pioneering Chicana feminist meetings in Houston during 1971 and 1972. The efforts of Chicana activists brought to light different strains of oppositional politics within the Chicano civil rights movement. In addition to cultural and political nationalism that dominated the official ideology of LRUP, one could also discern feminist voices as well as voices of Marxist