As objectives for this secondary level unit, students are to: (1) read the unit with comprehension; (2) demonstrate their comprehension of the Chicana's history by participating in an oral discussion utilizing four discussion questions; and (3) correctly answer 15 of the 20 questions on a multiple choice test. The unit consists of a brief history of the Chicana, discussions of past and present Chicanas, the four discussion questions, the multiple choice test, suggested activities, and eight poems and songs. Chicanas discussed are: Dona Marina (La Malinche), Hernan Cortez's interpreter; Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, for many years considered Mexico's greatest literary figure; Dona Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez (La Corregidora), often called "el alma de la conspiracion"; Josefa Segovia, lynched by a mob in Downieville, California; Chipita Rodriguez, the only woman to be legally executed in Texas; Mrs. Emma Tenayuca Brooks, leader of the Pecan Shellers' Union; Maria L. de Hernandez, active Chicana leader during the 1930's; Dolores Huerta, labor leader who works closely with Cesar Chavez; Alicia Escalante, founder of California's Chicana Welfare Rights Organization; and Virginia Muzquiz, elected 1973 Chicana del Ano in Texas. (NQ)