Women Through Women's Eyes: Latin American Women in 19th Century Travel Accounts

June Hahner’s excellent volume provides attractive texts for classroom analysis and learning experiences. Women through Women’s Eyes will be of interest to all historians who use travel accounts in teaching and writing about women’s history in Latin America. — Mary Karasch, Oakland University

This is a wonderful book! Hahner presents lively readings that reflect the experiences of women travelers, their views of Latin America, and the lives of Latin American women themselves. The choice of travelers includes women who were themselves from various national and social backgrounds, and who visited or lived in Mexico, Guatemala, Cuba, Brazil, or Chile. In addition to giving us a fascinating picture of the lives of women of all social classes and racial groups, we are treated to everyday life ranging from housekeeping to church-going to marriage customs to slave dances. This book is a must-read for any class on the history of Latin American women. It will whet appetites to read and re-read both the classic travelers and some newfound nineteenth-century voyagers. — Susan M. Socolow, Emory University

Habner provides a rare look at the daily life of a wide range of nineteenth-century Latin American women. ― Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies