Maria Ruiz de Burton

First female Mexican-American author to write in English. Writer of Who Would Have Thought It? and The Squatter and the Don.

[Maria Ruiz de Burton @MariaaBurtonn]

“Let us cry for the spilt milk, by all means, if by doing so we learn how to avoid spilling any more. Let us cry for the spilt milk, and remember how, and where, and why, we spilt it. Much wisdom is learnt through tears, but none by forgetting our lessons.” #quote #inspirational

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The consequences of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo are still present today as they were in 1840s-1850s when I wrote about it. We must still advocate for equality, justice and inclusion for Mexican-Americans!

[Maria Ruiz de Burton @MariaaBurtonn]

“They knew they must not hope, but still they hoped, for the reason alone that hope goes with man to the foot of the gallows.”- The Squatter and the Don (1885) #quote #Literature

[Maria Ruiz de Burton @MariaaBurtonn]

How amazing! In my novel The Squatter and the Don I discussed the struggle of those promised protection by this piece of paper just a few years after it was published!

[Lalo Alcaraz @laloalcaraz]

When I was invited to the Library of Congress VIP tour, I made a couple of requests of artifacts to see. My jaw dropped when they brought my long shot item out: The Treaty of Guadalupe. One of 5 signed original copies. I tried to add some new amendments but they stopped me

[Maria Ruiz de Burton @MariaaBurtonn]

Perhaps it is the sexism? Women have been writing for a long time, and can handle complex subjects such as classism, racism, and sexism as shown on in my work and other authors of color!

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Why do so few men read books by women? | MA Sieghart https://t.co/Za5Y4gepDr

[Maria Ruiz de Burton @MariaaBurtonn]

I fully support this! The more voices heard from underrepresented authors the better! Especially in the case of discussing politics, literature and aesthetics which I am all for!

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[Maria Ruiz de Burton @MariaaBurtonn]

Support Latinx authors then and now! Especially the women who give strong and intelligent female characters such as myself!

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#Literature If anyone is interesting in historical Chicano literature, my books Who Would Have Thought It? and The Squatter and the Don could serve as touchstones of citizenship and gender beyond home #Latinx

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Aside from my “Enemy Lover” moment in life, I also anonymously wrote a satire book called Who Would Have Thought It? during the Civil War

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Maria Ruiz de Burton, 1st Mexican-American English-language novelist, died #OTD 1895. After the war she married the US General who invaded her city & their love story became so famous it was turned into a song! Hear it here https://t.co/wcvWhCyCcJ sung by Ana Laura Allende 1/

[Maria Ruiz de Burton @MariaaBurtonn]

I was also a businesswoman for I wrote many articles for the San Diego newspapers as I fought for my land in court.

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7/3/1832 — b. Maria Ruiz de Burton, Mexican-American author, playwright, #feminist activist, political instigator. Novelist; fictional works that followed contemporary historical events. The first female Mexican-American writer to write in the English language #womenwriters