Mexicana Farmworkers

Chapter 25, Raiz Fuerte, Oral History and Mexicana Farmworkers by Devra Anne Weber. Devra Anne Weber uses a woman’s recount of her involvement of the Farmworker strike of the 1930s in her essay, this woman is referred to as Mrs. Valdez. Mrs. Valdez’s recount is obviously like any person’s story geared toward things that are more important to her. In this instance it is geared toward her life and her experiences as through her eyes. Mrs. Valdez along with her family fled Mexico during the Mexican Revolution in 1910. They fled to California where they became farm workers. During the depression many of these farm workers were impacted by lowered wages and even starvation. Farmworkers started the Farmworkers strike of the 1930’s this went from crop to crop and from southern California up to the San Joaquin Valley where Mrs. Valdez worked. Throughout Mrs. Valdez’s testimony she seems to continually recount the hardships of women during this time. She refers to women working as hard as the men to make wages but, she also explains the women’s concerns with taking care of their families. The author of the essay is writing to this to also show the difference between one person’s recount and another. This is an eye opener to many I am sure. I say that with confidence in that I may tell you something in a completely different way than my twin sister would tell you her same recollection of the same event. Different things impact different people in different ways and make somethings more important to one person than to others or vice versa.

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