Over the past twenty-five years, nongovernment organizations (NGOs) run by women and devoted to advancing women's well-being have proliferated in Mexico and along both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. In this sociological analysis of grassroots activism, Milagros Pe a compares women's NGOs in two regions-the state of Michoac n in central Mexico and the border region encompassing El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Ju rez, Mexico. In both Michoac n and the...