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Chicanas in the Brown Berets
The Brown Berets were a youth group that took on a more militant approach to organizing for the Mexican-American community formed in California in the late 1960s. They heavily valued strong bonds between women, stating that women Berets must acknowledge other women in the organization as hermanas en la lucha and encouraging them to stand together. Membership in the Brown Berets helped to give Chicanas autonomy, and the ability to express their own political views without fear.

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The Brown Berets were a youth group of Chicanx students and non-students originally established in East Los Angeles, California in the late 1960s. Branching from the Chicano Movement, the Brown Berets took on a militant approach in organizing for the Mexican-American community. The primary focus of the movement was centralized around the advocation of fair education, political recognition, economical development, and against institutionalized racism. Before the collapse of this movement in 1973, Chicana women made vital strives to keep this militant force together. These Women Berets held roles that placed them as the main organizers of fundraisers, including taking charge of writing for important community newspapers, operating the marches for resistance against the Vietnam War, and managing Free clinic establishments. These Chicana's further challenged the establishment of gender norms within their own community by standing side by side with Men Berets and upholding the same vigorous strive to improve the social challenges that La Raza faces.

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I felt as though this section was very vague and also lacked sources to back up what was originally written. My goal was to better the format and create an edit that would bring this information together in a concise way. I also tried to give background information on the movement before diving into the role of Chicana's in order to bring it all together.