Agradecimientos | p. xvii |
Yerba Bruja | p. xxiii |
Revision | p. xxxi |
Bisabuelas | |
Gingko | p. 1 |
First Mother--Sub-Saharan Africa: -200,000 | p. 1 |
Women of Yams--West Africa: -50,000 to 200 | p. 3 |
-50,000: Kindling--African Continent | p. 3 |
-8,000: Forests--Nigeria | p. 4 |
Wild Yam | p. 5 |
-4,000: Colors--West Africa | p. 6 |
-2,000 to 0: Bantu Women Cut Bananas--Africa | p. 6 |
Banana Peel | p. 7 |
200: Salt--Northwest Africa | p. 7 |
Women of Bread--The Mediterranean: -12,000 to -1,500 | p. 8 |
-12,000: The Deer Mother--El Juyo, Spain | p. 8 |
-6,500: The Peaceful Land--Southeastern Europe | p. 10 |
-6,000: Pig Mother--Europe | p. 12 |
-3,500: Mare's Milk--Ukraine | p. 13 |
-2,700 to -2,000: Deserts--North Africa | p. 15 |
-1,500: Cutting--Northeast Africa | p. 16 |
Morivivi | p. 18 |
Scars | p. 19 |
Women of Yuca--America: -15,000 to 500 | p. 20 |
-15,000: Pikimachay--The Andes | p. 20 |
Potatoes | p. 21 |
-4,000: Rainforests--Upper Amazon and Orinoco Basins | p. 22 |
-4,000: Corn--MesoAmerica | p. 23 |
-1,000 to 500: Temples--Central and North America | p. 24 |
Tobacco | p. 24 |
0: City Girls: Teotihuacan, Mexico | p. 25 |
0 to 500: Turtle Women, Women of Trees--The Caribbean | p. 26 |
Abuelas | |
West African Women: 600 to 1400 | p. 27 |
600 to 1400: Market Women--West Africa | p. 27 |
700: Not All Tribes Build Upward Toward the Sky--Nigeria | p. 28 |
600 to 1400: Slave Road--Africa | p. 29 |
1352: Ibn Batuta Writes Home--Mali | p. 30 |
1440: People, Pepper, Ivory, Gold--West Africa | p. 31 |
American Women: 700 to 1400 | p. 32 |
700: Mayas--MesoAmerica | p. 32 |
975: Against the Knife--Mexico | p. 32 |
1000: Bone and Hair and Shard--North America | p. 33 |
1400: Caciques--Boriken | p. 34 |
Mediterranean Women: 600 to 1400 | p. 35 |
620: Arabian Nights--Arabian Peninsula | p. 35 |
900 to 1300: Bread, Oil, Wine--Christian Spain | p. 38 |
Olive Oil | p. 40 |
900 to 1200: Poets of Al-Andalus--Muslim Spain | p. 41 |
1097: Fire at the Gates--Syria | p. 43 |
900 to 1400: Juderias--Iberian Peninsula | p. 44 |
Pomegranates | p. 46 |
1350: Working Santiago de Compostela--Galicia, Spain | p. 46 |
Premonitions | p. 47 |
1478: Unfortunate Isles--Canary Islands | p. 47 |
1482: Elmina Castle--Ghana | p. 48 |
1487: Maleus Maleficarum--Germany | p. 49 |
1490: Stolen Women | p. 50 |
Bad Dreams: The Prophets Speak--The Americas | p. 51 |
1490: Guabancex Stirs the Pot--Boriken | p. 52 |
Calendars | p. 53 |
Discovery | |
Huracan: 1492-1600 | |
Bitters | p. 64 |
1492: Penetration | p. 64 |
1492: Lamento sefardita--Spain | p. 66 |
Romero | p. 66 |
1493 to 1511: Leyendas--Puerto Rico | p. 67 |
1509 to 1521: La Marcaida--Cuba and Mexico | p. 77 |
1514: Manikongo Affonso's School for Bakongo Girls--Kongo, West Africa | p. 79 |
1515: Toa | p. 80 |
1515: Pinones | p. 82 |
1515: Pinon Shopping List | p. 83 |
1515: Platano | p. 83 |
1515: Naborias--The Names of the Captives | p. 84 |
1519: The Speckled Death--Central America and the Caribbean | p. 86 |
Alegria | p. 87 |
1525: Snakeskin--Mexico | p. 88 |
1526: Conejo's Brothel--San Juan, Puerto Rico | p. 89 |
1534: Slave Mothers--Puerto Rico | p. 90 |
1547: Limpieza--The Spanish Empire | p. 92 |
1550: Conversas at the Stake--Lorca, Spain | p. 93 |
Calendula | p. 95 |
1560: Jigonsaseh--New York State | p. 95 |
1563: Indiera | p. 96 |
1564: Dona Gracia--Europe and the Ottoman Empire | p. 97 |
1575: Teresa de Avila Counts Demons | p. 99 |
1592: Flames--Puerto Rico | p. 100 |
Jenjibre: 1600-1699 | |
1600: Catalina Steals Away--Spain and Panama | p. 103 |
1605: A Seed Falls in Pernambuco--Brazil | p. 104 |
1606: Caribes | p. 105 |
1607: Wild West | p. 106 |
1608: Gingerbread--San Juan de Puerto Rico and England | p. 107 |
Ginger | p. 107 |
1618: Nzinga's Stool--Angola | p. 108 |
1618: Witches' Stool--Western Europe | p. 109 |
1623: Ana de Mendoza Unpacks--San Juan de Puerto Rico | p. 110 |
1625: S/he--Latin America | p. 111 |
1629: Manahatta--Mouth of the Hudson River | p. 113 |
1630: The Weavers of Dean--England | p. 115 |
1635: Playa Boqueron | p. 115 |
1636: I Believe It Is No Sin--Galicia | p. 116 |
1640: Paula de Eguiluz--Colombia | p. 117 |
1647: Stuyvesant--New Amsterdam | p. 118 |
1648: The House of Peace | p. 119 |
1650: On the Road to Veracruz--Mexico | p. 119 |
1663: Nzinga, the Warrior Queen--Angola | p. 121 |
1664: Decree | p. 122 |
1694: The Death of Palmares--Brazil | p. 123 |
Llanten | p. 123 |
1695: News of Sor Juana--Mexico | p. 124 |
1695: The Weavers of Tayasal--Guatemala | p. 125 |
Parteras: 1700-1798 | |
1700: The Forests Sail East--New England | p. 127 |
White Pine | p. 127 |
1701: The Country of Women | p. 128 |
1706: Beatrice of Kongo--Central Africa | p. 129 |
1714: Cangrejos | p. 130 |
1720: Cecilia Ortiz | p. 131 |
1728: Nannytown--Jamaica | p. 132 |
1736: The First Cafeto | p. 133 |
1741: Many-Headed Hydra--New York | p. 134 |
1748: Escapees--St. Croix | p. 134 |
1765: The Song of the Forest | p. 135 |
1777: If Fray Inigo Had a Sister | p. 136 |
1786: Parbulos | p. 137 |
1788: Reverse Slavery--Ste. Domingue | p. 139 |
Anamu | p. 140 |
Lazos: 1798-1898 | |
Melao | p. 141 |
1804: News from Haiti | p. 141 |
1817: War Widows | p. 142 |
Yerba Buena | p. 143 |
1820: Maestra Cordero | p. 144 |
1824: We Treated Them Well | p. 145 |
1824: Runaways | p. 147 |
1825: Flora Tristan Reads in Bed--Paris, France | p. 148 |
1833: Maria Bibiana Writes | p. 149 |
1833: Voyages--Peru | p. 150 |
1833: Maria Barbanera | p. 151 |
1834: Autos de Anti-Fe--Spain | p. 152 |
Yellow Dock | p. 153 |
1844: Some Lives Burn Like Quick Flame--France | p. 154 |
1868: Francisca Brignoni | p. 154 |
1873: The Freedwomen Contract Themselves | p. 155 |
1875: Campos de soledad--Galicia, Spain | p. 156 |
1880: Tortures--Tennessee and Puerto Rico | p. 157 |
1886: Damas | p. 158 |
1895: Charcas, or, the True Story of Cafe au Lait | p. 158 |
1897: Luisa in Love | p. 159 |
1895: Mercedes a caballo | p. 160 |
1898 to 1900: Guabancex Again | p. 160 |
Aguacero: 1899-1929 | |
1899: Ghost Dancing | p. 162 |
1900: Civilization--Europe | p. 165 |
1901: The Death Train--Southwestern United States | p. 165 |
1903: Postcards of Colonialism | p. 166 |
1909: La otra Aurora | p. 167 |
Ruda | p. 168 |
1909: Lessons | p. 168 |
1913: Opiniones | p. 169 |
1914: Delmira--Montevideo, Uruguay | p. 171 |
1917: War Effort | p. 172 |
1918: Lavenderas | p. 172 |
1918: Vida alegre | p. 173 |
Maguey | p. 174 |
1919: Lost Bird--Western United States | p. 174 |
1921: Harlem--New York | p. 176 |
1923: Tuberculosis | p. 176 |
Mullein | p. 177 |
1927: Pasodoble | p. 178 |
1929: Journey | p. 178 |
1929: Hechos desconocidos | p. 179 |
Derrumbe: 1930-1954 | |
1930: El barrio | p. 181 |
1931: Tiempo muerto | p. 182 |
Malanga | p. 183 |
1933: Pura Belpre--New York | p. 183 |
1934: Needleworkers | p. 184 |
1935: Bread upon the Waters | p. 185 |
1935: Julia in Naranjito | p. 187 |
Naranja | p. 188 |
1937: The Jane Speed Bookstore--Birmingham, Alabama | p. 188 |
1937: Madre patria | p. 189 |
1942: Wartime at the PO--New York | p. 190 |
1943: The Ghetto Comes to the Barrio--New York | p. 191 |
1944: Nuestra guerra--New York | p. 192 |
1948: Julia Drinks a River of Sorrow--New York | p. 193 |
1950: Threads--New York, Puerto Rico, Illinois | p. 194 |
1950: Stories | p. 196 |
1953: No nascas--Puerto Rico and the United States | p. 198 |
1953: The Bad Mother--New York | p. 200 |
1953: 105th and Fifth Avenue--New York | p. 201 |
1953: Dime Capitan | p. 202 |
1954: Freedom Songs | p. 204 |
Milk Thistle | p. 204 |
1954: Transition | p. 205 |
La Botanica (Sources) | p. 209 |
Glossary of Selected Words | p. 229 |
Medicine Cabinet | p. 232 |
Index of Historical Persons | p. 233 |
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