ABSTRACT
On October 16, 1992, Rigoberta Menchú, a Mayan woman from Guatemala, received the Nobel Peace Prize (on Rigoberta Menchú, see also Box 8.3). Menchú’s selection drew worldwide attention to women’s contributions to cultural, social, and political processes in Mesoamerica. It paid tribute to the new woman-indigenous and nonindigenous-emerging in the region.
