Soto, Shirlene A. 1947-

(Shirlene Ann Soto)

PERSONAL:

Born January 22, 1947, in San Luis Obispo, CA. Ethnicity: "Latina." Education: Attended University of Santa Clara; San Francisco State University, B.A., 1969; University of New Mexico, M.A., 1971, Ph.D., 1977.

ADDRESSES:

Office—Chicano Studies Department, California State University, Northridge, CA 91330. E-mail—shirlene.soto@scun.edu.

CAREER:

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, assistant professor of history, 1977-80; California State University System, administrative fellow, c. 1980-81; California State University, Northridge, assistant vice president for academic affairs, c. 1981-85, professor of Chicano history, 1985—. University of California, Los Angeles, postdoctoral fellow, 1985-86.

MEMBER:

American Studies Association, Latin American Studies Association, National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies, Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social, Western Association of Women Historians.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Ford Foundation fellow, 1972-76.

WRITINGS:

The Mexican Woman: A Study of Her Participation in the Revolution, 1910-1940, R & E Research Associates (Palo Alto, CA), 1979, revised edition published as The Emergence of the Modern Mexican Woman: Her Participation in the Revolution and Her Struggle for Equality, 1910-1940, Arden Press (Denver, CO), 1990.

Contributor to professional journals.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Hispanic American Historical Review, November, 1991, review of The Emergence of the Modern Mexican Woman: Her Participation in the Revolution and Her Struggle for Equality, 1910-1940, pp. 903-904.

Journal of Latin American Studies, February, 1992, review of The Emergence of the Modern Mexican Woman, pp. 210-211.