Tywoniak, F. E., & García, M. T. (2000). Migrant daughter: Coming of age as a Mexican American woman. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
Francisca was born in Atoka Southeastern New Mexico, on April 2, 1931. The second child of the family first was her sister Antonia. Francisca focuses on her mother’s family side explaining her roots in New Mexico during the Great depression in 1930, her transition from New Mexico to California, and her education.
Francisca’s mother was the fifth of fourteen children. Her grandfather owned lands, where he raised sheep and some cattle as well as cotton. Which he later ended up losing his land due to outstanding amount of debts on a number of mortgages. Florinda francisca’s mother obtained some formal …show more content…
In high school year francisca studied with various ethnicities for example, blacks, Asians, Anglos, and Portuguese, but there was also ethnic separation. Mexicans were largely concentrated in non college - track courses, while the Anglos and a few Mexicans in better classes. Francisca made sure she associated with people who had the same goals as she did. Many of her girlfriends throughout high school were Anglos. Over time francesca began to have a hard time to explain things in spanish, due to the fact that she was acquiring a more extensive english vocabulary. Besides having trouble with spanish francisca as well faced sexualism, as a Mexican women were supposed to get married on an early age have children and be a housewife, not expected to earn an education. The idea of going to college seemed abstract, but it was clear to francisca that she wanted to leave Visalia. Visalia had few professional occupations and none of them interest francisca she was not sure what career she wanted to study. After being motivated to move out of Visalia francisca applied to scholarships and was accepted to Berkeley University. Being the first of the family to graduate from junior high and attend college was something bizzare to happen to a Mexican American during that time
Francisca was born in Atoka Southeastern New Mexico, on April 2, 1931. The second child of the family first was her sister Antonia. Francisca focuses on her mother’s family side explaining her roots in New Mexico during the Great depression in 1930, her transition from New Mexico to California, and her education.
Francisca’s mother was the fifth of fourteen children. Her grandfather owned lands, where he raised sheep and some cattle as well as cotton. Which he later ended up losing his land due to outstanding amount of debts on a number of mortgages. Florinda francisca’s mother obtained some formal …show more content…
In high school year francisca studied with various ethnicities for example, blacks, Asians, Anglos, and Portuguese, but there was also ethnic separation. Mexicans were largely concentrated in non college - track courses, while the Anglos and a few Mexicans in better classes. Francisca made sure she associated with people who had the same goals as she did. Many of her girlfriends throughout high school were Anglos. Over time francesca began to have a hard time to explain things in spanish, due to the fact that she was acquiring a more extensive english vocabulary. Besides having trouble with spanish francisca as well faced sexualism, as a Mexican women were supposed to get married on an early age have children and be a housewife, not expected to earn an education. The idea of going to college seemed abstract, but it was clear to francisca that she wanted to leave Visalia. Visalia had few professional occupations and none of them interest francisca she was not sure what career she wanted to study. After being motivated to move out of Visalia francisca applied to scholarships and was accepted to Berkeley University. Being the first of the family to graduate from junior high and attend college was something bizzare to happen to a Mexican American during that time