Our Lady of Guadalupe's Role in Chicana Literature; In some Chicanas' works, including the well-known essay of Cherríe Moraga, Loving in the War Years, La Virgen de Guadalupe symbolizes the male repression of women's sexuality and independence [REF].
The myth of La Malinche is thought to have evolved from the story of Dona Marina, or La Malinche¹ Dona Marina was the indigenous woman who was given to Hernán Cortés during the Spanish Conquest of Mexico (1519-21) [REF].