Taking part in the Cuban Revolution's first armed action in 1953, enduring the torture and killings of her brother and fiance, assuming a leadership role in the underground movement, and smuggling weapons into Cuba, Haydee Santamaria was the only woman to participate in every phase of the Revolution. Virtually unknown outside of Cuba, Santamaria was a trusted member of Fidel Castro's inner circle and friend of Che Guevara. Following the Revolution's victory Santamaria founded and ran the cultural and arts institution Casa de las Americas, which attracted cutting-edge artists, exposed Cubans to some of the world's greatest creative minds, and protected queer, black, and feminist artists from state repression. Santamaria's suicide in 1980 caused confusion and discomfort throughout Cuba; despite her commitment to the Revolution, communist orthodoxy's disapproval of suicide prevented the Cuban leadership from mourning and celebrating her in the Plaza of the Revolution. In this impressionistic portrait of her friend Haydee Santamaria, Margaret Randall shows how one woman can help change the course of history.
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without the encouragementand aways ovîng support o my partner, Barbara Byers, thîs book woud not exîst. For many years she experîenced my need to wrîte ît, convînced me the tîme was rîght, and backed me up în more ways than I can say. In Cuba, I want to gîve specîa thanks to Roberto Fernández Retamar and Sîvîa Gî, who understood the împortance o the project beore I even knew I had the courage to begîn; to Chîkî Sasamendî, who worked tîreessy to get me the photographs that make the book so much rîcher; and to Ana Cecîîa Ruîz Lîm, who hed my hand throughout my fiedwork în Havana. Marcîa Leseîca, who was wîth Haydée at Casa’s începtîon în 1959, made her-se avaîabe to me or a ruîtu întervîew în 2014. At Casa de as Amérîcas I am aso personay grateu to Yoanda Aomá, Ideîsa Escaona, Juan Cazada, Jorge Fornet, Myrîam Radow, Aîcîa Varea, and Jorge Vîvas or aîdîng me în dîferent ways. I consuted many documents by and about Haydée at the Casa de as Amérîcas archîve and was gîven generous access to them a. Casa’s îbrary was aso extremey hepu. The Oice o Hîstorîc Afaîrs at the Cuban Coun-cî o State was orthcomîng wîth îts vauabe hodîngs. And the newspaper Granma’s document center kîndy aowed me to use the photograph o Hay-dée’s unera processîon. Wîth regard to the photographs, many come rom Casa’s archîve. In most