Pachuca Women Summary

Besides the fact that the book’s focus is mostly on Mexican/Mexican-American/Chicana woman the overall empowerment woman of all races and ethnicities had during this era was just powerful and was history in the making. Personally, I feel more connected to the Pachuca women, everything they had to endure only for the desire of freedom and control of their lives. Despite some negatives, this era proved to have one of the greatest multiracial interactions. Undoubtedly, because this was an era filled of war, both men and women were wanted to contribute. Men would enlist in the military, and as some woman felt it was their patriotic role to occupy their jobs and take the leading providing role of the family. For some woman the work force allowed …show more content…
These Pachuca women were commonly misjudged based on their appearance. It’s quite ironic that most of the misjudgment came from the media then, because the media has a powerful way of misjudging people still today. Pachuca woman that dressed in the zoot style were often called stupid, were judged to the extent of comparing them to prostitutes, claiming they were “infested” with sexual diseases, and were told that they were asking for whatever they got. The appearance of a Pachuca woman was something that they used to be able to express themselves, the style distinguished itself than anything at that time, it emphasized the zoot suits themselves. High hair, plucked eyebrows, black socks, and short skirts was what a typical Pachuca would wear. Not all women that dressed like a “pachuca” necessarily identified as one, they just wanted to have a sense of fitting in. Where I can relate to the Pachucas, is on the fact that they wanted to obtain control over their lives, in a spirit of adventure, and …show more content…
Within the Mexican culture and tradition, a lot of strict values are expected for you to follow. As woman were expressing themselves with the zoot suits, and Pachuca style Mexican parents saw it as a threat, the thought of their daughters abandoning the traditional value was something they couldn’t bare because they feared it would bring disgrace upon their families. Today we assimilate to both cultures, and parents are more understanding of the reason for it. We’re able to assimilate into our traditional roots, and at the same time assimilate to the culture society brings to us. Pachuca woman created this persona that would embrace the identity they were in search of. Woman during this era were powerful. What they ultimately strived for was to achieve acceptance. To prove to themselves and everyone else that they were capable of so much more than what tradition wanted, from at home duties they could also have the ability to work in the hard labor during one of America’s toughest