Felicitas Apodaca
Felicitas Córdova Apodaca (March 6, 1912 – December 26, 1997) was an American women's and children's advocate and community activist. She became involved with the Community Service Organization (CSO) in El Monte, California.[1]
Biography[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ Martinez, Elizabeth "Betita", ed. (2009). 500 Years of Chicana Women's History/Anos de la Mujer Chicana (3rd ed.). Rutgers University Press. p. 322. ISBN 9780813542249.
- ^ Apodaca, M. Linda (1999). "There Is Nothing as Gentle as Strength, and Nothing as Strong as Gentleness: The Life and Times of Felicitas Cordova Apodaca, 1912-1997". Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies. 20 (1): 45–57. doi:10.2307/3346984. JSTOR 3346984.
- ^ a b c d e f g Apodaca, Linda (2007). "Apodaca, Felicitas (1912-1997)". In Ruiz, Vicki L. (ed.). Latinas in the United States. Indiana University Press. pp. 52–54. ISBN 9780253111692.