Write An Essay On Maria Perez

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Maria Perez was born on May 18, 1944 in Zacatecas, Mexico. She grew up in a farm name Santa Rita. She is the last middle child of four kids, and her parents own a farm. It was a small farm, but she loves it. Since she was five years old, she helped her parents by working in the farm. Her job was to feed the horses, cows, chickens, and pigs. She loves all her animals, but her favorite animal was horses. When she was young, she loved to ride her horses. She felt off the horse and hurt head when she was young. She said, “I’m thankful to the lord that I survive that hit.” She wasn’t a normal child when she was growing up because she would just work with her parents and not plays like other kids. She wanted to have a normal childhood, but she had …show more content…

She left school when she was in fourth grade. She loved school, but she couldn 't continue because her parents couldn 't afford it. Her parents needed her to help them work in the farm. She would have loved to finish school, but it couldn 't happen. If she finished school and went to college, she would of major on something about agriculture or a veterinarian. When she turned 12 years old, she started cooking in the kitchen with her mother, but she still work in the farm keeping the animals fed. Her favorite part of the day was to being with her animals and not being in the kitchen cooking. She said cooking is not for her, and she just wanted to be with her animals and take care of her animals. She remembers when she told her mother that she didn’t want to …show more content…

She began to work because she wanted to help her husband. Her coworkers were mostly men and only two women. She notices that she didn’t get equal pay as the men that worked there. She was afraid to ask why she doesn’t get the same amount as the men at her work. She would ask her male coworkers why she didn’t get the same amount as them because she didn’t understand what was going on. Her female coworker told her that she is not do anything wrong. She gets less pay because she is a woman. She was angry when her coworker said that to her, and she couldn’t believe that. She was afraid to participate in the “Women’s Liberation Movement,” but she support the movement. Her opinion on “Women’s Liberation Movement” was that those women participated are really brave and proud for them. She said that she wouldn’t have the courage to do what those women did to fight equality between men and women. A historical context was a “Latina Activism.” Her opinion on “Latina Activism” was that she was happy because her culture was also fighting what believe in. Through Women’s Eyes states that Nieto Gomez commented “people who define themselves as Chicana feminist… if you’re a Chicana you’re on the side, if you’re a feminist, you must be on the other side. They say you can’t stand on both sides.”(689) Her opinion on Gomez comment was that it doesn’t matter what side they

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