Chicana Leadership features fifteen essays from the notable women's journal Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies that demonstrate the strength and diversity of Chicanas as well as their continuing struggle to have their voices heard. Noted scholars discuss issues ranging from the feminist prototype La Malinche to Chicana writers and national ideology, from gender and identity to ideas of culture and romance, and from tokenism to the diversity within the Chicana community.

Introduction La Malinche, Feminist Prototype Cordelia Candelaria Gender and Ethnic Identity among Chicanos Maxine Baca Zinn Abriendo caminos in the Brotherland: Chicana Writers Respond to the Ideology of Literary Nationalism Roberta Fernandez The Living Legacy of Chicana Performers: Preserving History through Oral Testimony Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez The Faith of Activists: Barrios, Cities, and the Chicana Feminist Response Margarita Cota-Cardenas Reflections on Diversity among Chicanas Patricia Zavella Writing, Politics, and las Lesberadas: Platicando con Gloria Anzaldua AnnLouise Keating Gender, Race, and Culture: Spanish-Mexican Women in the Historiography of Frontier California Antonia I. Castaneda Gender, Labor History, and Chicano/a Ethnic Identity Sarah Deutsch Traditional and Nontraditional Patterns of Female Activism in the United Farm Workers of America, 1962 to 1980 Margaret Rose Mexican American Women Grassroots Community Activists: "Mothers of East Los Angeles" Mary Pardo Awareness, Consciousness, and Resistance: Raced, Classed, and Gendered Leadership Interactions in Milagro County, California Josephine Mendez-Negrete "Checkin' Up on My Guy": Chicanas, Social Capital, and the Culture of Romance Angela Valenzuela Sense and Responsibility Maribel Sosa The Making of a Token: A Case Study of Stereotype Threat, Stigma, Racism, and Tokenism in Academe Yolanda Flores Niemann