This resource is designed to accompany the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History's and the Smithsonian's Latino Center's video Latinas Talk Latinas, Clotilde Arias: The Impact of a Peruvian Immigrant. After watching the video, which is located in the second tile of this collection, please return to this page to learn more about the assets we have in our digital collection as well as additional resources that will help you further explore the topics and themes presented in the video.
Clotilde Arias's story reminds us of the resilience and creativity of many Latina immigrants. She succeeded in a male-dominated world in New York in the '40s and '50s. Her best-known act of patriotism was creating a singable Spanish-language version of the Star-Spangled Banner.