Latina feminists have been careful, as Aída Hurtado observes, “about not ranking oppressions, which might exclude causes perceived as not central to women’s rights.”

Instead, Hurtado continues, Latina feminists “struggle to incorporate diverse issues without losing the centrality of gender in all their battles.”

Randall puts it categorically: “If a revolution is unable or unwilling to address the needs of all people, it is doomed to failure.”

Excerpts from “Women Writing Resistance: Essays on Latin America and the Caribbean”