Updated and thoroughly revised, this new edition promises to be an excellent teaching tool due to its breadth of coverage of all Latin America, its informed description of women’s roles in each era, and its accessible narrative. I assigned a previous edition in my survey courses for years, and inevitably students cited it as their favorite book. In a field remarkably bereft of readable textbooks, this book is a rare gem—a volume guaranteed to engage the attention and enthusiasm of undergraduates.

Jane M. Rausch, professor emerita, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Spanning two centuries—and in an engaging and readable text—Ten Notable Women in Modern Latin America provides a diversity of women’s experiences from all walks of life. These characteristics make this book an ideal text for an introduction to Latin American history.

Pilar M. Herr, associate professor of history, University of Pittsburgh, Greenburg