Review of Ruiz and Korrol, Latina Legacies: Identity, Biography, and Community

(New York, Oxford University Press, 2005. vii [H11001] 260 pp. $74 cloth, $19.95 paper) Latina Legacies, edited by respected historians Vicki L. Ruiz and Virginia Sanchez Korrol, is a thoughtful and informed anthology of the lives of Latina women of varied class, ethnic, and national backgrounds and their achievements in American history. Loreta Janeta Velzquez and untold numbers of Latinas Pacifi c Historical Review112during the Civil War served as Union and Confederate spies and as nurses, vivandieres, and sutlers. (College Station, Texas A&M University Press, 2005. x [H11001] 254 pp. $35) The history of LULAC, the oldest civil rights organization among Mexican Americans, has been a controversial one.