Professor & Reference/Instruction Librarian
Diane Duesterhoeft
she/her
Contact:
Louis J. Blume Library, Room 201
St. Mary's University
One Camino Santa Maria
San Antonio, TX 78228-8608
USA
dduesterhoeft@stmarytx.edu
St. Mary's University
One Camino Santa Maria
San Antonio, TX 78228-8608
USA
dduesterhoeft@stmarytx.edu
210-436-3346
Other Sources about Emma Tenayuca
- Abigail, R. Matt and Jazmin León. 2016, modified 2017. "Tenayuca, Emma Beatrice." Handbook of Texas Online.
- Croxdale, Richard. 2010, modified 2017. "Pecan-Shellers' Strike." Handbook of Texas Online.
- Emma Tenayuca Papers, 1940s-1990. Woman's Digital Collection. Texas Woman's University.
- González, Gabriela. 2007. "Tenayuca, Emma." American National Biography Online.
- Gower, Patricia E. n.d. "Unintended Consequences: The San Antonio Pecan Shellers Strike of 1938." Journal of the Life and Culture of San Antonio. University of the Incarnate Word, Journal of the Life and Culture of San Antonio.
- Herrera, Gloria and Jeanette Lizcano. 1974. La Mujer Chicana. (The Chicano Woman). ERIC Document 103147.
- Page 18 provides a two-paragraph overview of "Mrs. Emma Tenayuca Brooks'" role in the labor movement in 1930s San Antonio. The 47-page secondary level curriculum unit was produced by the Crystal City Independent School District, funded by the Emergency School Aid Act through the Department of Health, Education and Welfare's Office of Education.
- Poyo, Jerry. 1987. Interview with Emma Tenayuca, 1987. Institute of Texan Cultures Oral History Collection.
- 46-minute audio interview conducted with Emma Tenayuca on February 21, 1987.
- Texas Labor Archives. Emma Tenyuca Collection, 1938; 1983-1990. University of Texas at Arlington Library.
- Torres, Luis R. 1987-1988. "Emma Tenayuca Oral History Interview." Part of José Angel Gutiérrez Papers, University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries, MS 24, Box 31.
- 32-minute video interview with Emma Tenayuca.
Dissertations and Theses about Emma Tenayuca
- Hise, Jaclyn. 2013. "Radical Women of Texas during the Great Depression: An Overview of Communism and Labor Union Activities." MA thesis, Texas Woman's University.
- Keyworth, Matthew Jerrid. 2007. "Poverty, Solidarity, and Opportunity: The 1938 San Antonio Pecan Shellers' Strike." MA thesis, Texas A&M University.
- Ledesma, Irene. 1992. "Unlikely Strikers: Mexican-American Women in Strike Activity in Texas, 1919-1974." PhD dissertation, Ohio State University.
- Junko, Miura. 2011. "Ethnic Mexicans' Labor Activity in Texas: Class, Citizenship, and Americanization in the 1930s." MA thesis, Chico State University.