A great post from iheartthreadbared.wordpress.com! The commentary before the review could apply to all the underrepresented groups of women in the United States.
http://iheartthreadbared.wordpress.com/2010/05/22/linkage-black-fashion-museum/
Hopefully more collections and scholarship like the ones for Hispanic designers listed below will help bring more attention to these glaring gaps.
The Latin American Fashion Reader
Regina Root
Berg Publishers
http://www.bergpublishers.com/?tabid=738
Hispanic Designers online brochure
National Museum of American History
http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/hispanicdesigners/credits.htm
Object of Fashion 