Creative Commons license. From cloth.paper.string Can we count on your support for the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights?” asked Carmen, my 11 year old sister. My mother was standing next to her, and both of them were standing in front of Senator Vargas, their local representative. At that moment I knew that what I was witnessing was the result of a multigenerational family spirit of lucha for dignity and respect. If you are looking for a culprit for generations of fighting women within my family it all started with my great-grandmother Abue Acosta as she would make us call her by her last name...