TY  - BOOK
AU  - Salazar,Aida
AU  - Mendoza,Molly
TI  - Jovita wore pants: the story of a Mexican freedom fighter 
SN  - 9781338283419
AV  - F1234.V17 S25 2023
U1  - 921 VAL972.08/2092B 23
PY  - 2023///
CY  - New York
PB  - Scholastic Press
KW  - Valdovinos Medina, Jovita,
KW  - Cristero Rebellion, 1926-1929
KW  - Biography
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Women revolutionaries
KW  - Mexico
KW  - Revolutionaries
KW  - Women
KW  - Mexicans
KW  - History
KW  - 1910-1946
KW  - Biographies
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Nonfiction picture books
KW  - csd
N1  - School Library Journal starred, February 2023; Publishers Weekly, January 2023; Kirkus Starred, February 2023; Booklist, February 2023; Library Media Connection, March 2023; 3.1; K-3
N2  - Jovita didn't want to cook and clean like her sisters, and she especially didn't want to wear the skirts her abuela gave her. She wanted to race her brothers and climb the tallest mesquite trees in Rancho Palos Blancos, ride horses, and wear pants! When her father and brothers joined the Cristeros War to fight for the right to practice religion, she wanted to help. She wasn't allowed to fight, but that didn't stop her from observing how her father strategized and familiarizing herself with the terrain. When tragedy struck, she did the only thing that felt right to her--cut her hair, donned a pair of pants, and continued the fight, commanding a battalion who followed her without question
ER  -