Student’s name Professor’s name Course Date Las Adelitas de Aztlain Historical background Las Adelitas de Aztl’an was a Mexican American female organization created in 1970 by Gloria Arellanes. The organization lasted only a few months .other members were Hilda Jensen, Esther Sanchez, Lorraine Escalante, Arlene Sanchez, Yolanda Solis, and Grace. After resigning from the Brown Berets movement that served the same goals, Arellanes formed the Adelitas. The Brown Berets had Arellanes, Lorraine Escalantes, Hilda Reyes, and Arlene Sanchez as members. The founder of the movement, David Sanchez, welcomed them into Brown Berets (The Beautiful Face of Courage: The Adelitas | Inside Mexico). The Brown Berets was a teenage –composition group formed in the late 1960s and 1970s that stood against
