Mexican Women in Mexican Revolution

The Mexican Revolution began as a movement of the middle class protesting against the long-standing dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz. Diaz was an army officer who had came to power after a coup against former president Benito Juárez. Unlike Juárez, Diaz established a stable political system, in which the Constitution of 1857 was bypassed, local political bosses (caciques) controlled elections, political opposition, and public order, while a handful of powerful families and their clients monopolized economic and political power in the provinces.

During the Mexican Revolution, Mexico as a nation torn in many directions, people gave up simple farming lives to take up arms against causes that many of them did not fully understand. Gender roles during the period in Mexico were exceptionally degrading towards women. Having little more rights than slaves and treated as trophies or property more than human beings, women role in society was nothing near that of a man’s. In The Underdogs, Mariano Anzuela highlights the issue of gender roles by continuously illustrating the punitive role of women and their mistreatment. Augmenting Anzuelas work with citations from Oscar Lewis and Stephanie Smith will paint a picture of the degrading gender roles for women during the Mexican Revolution. Highlighted points brought up by Azuela are how men speak with and treat women, women’s place in society, and general disregard for women’s feelings.

My Thesis is, the Mexican Revolution was important because the people were getting fed up and something needed to be done about the corruption and the possibility of a free-market. This kind of “opportunity” would help the rich but the poor would only have a larger gap into the steps of economical and political society. People were unsatisfied with the Diaz Regime and it had now effected much larger groups. Liberals and radicals wanting democracy, owners of land not wanting foreign control, and people suffering for regulated pay and healthy working environments. Several landowners lost their land to landowner takeovers.

As the saying goes, “a woman’s work is never done,” but today’s women live a far different life than their predecessors. The women of the revolution were courageous and brave-hearted. The obstacles of their time were far more difficult to overcome than those faced by women in this day and age. Whether it was slavery, war, or racial prejudice, these women kept their heads held high and worked to break down these barriers and create change for the future. On top of having to deal with these hardships, the women of the revolution had families to take care of, mouths to feed, houses to clean, and wounds to heal. For many women of the revolution it was all about taking a stand for their rights and being

The Mexican Revolution of 1910 set many influences in motion shaping the course of Mexican history between 1920 up into the 2000s. There are several patterns that take its cue from the Revolution include the creation and long standing existence of a one political party rule. The Mexican Revolution is an extremely long and complicated subject to perceive without much background information, but in summation the Revolution was an attempt to end a dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz and to establish a constitutional republic. Many problems arose during the Revolution, including several divided groups lead by strong willed individual lovely referred to as revolutionaries these included Francisco Madero, Pascual Orozco, Pancho Villa, and Emiliano Zapata. With threatening political crisis among competing Mexican elites and the opportunity for agrarian insurgence lead to the outbreak of the Revolution. The Revolution would leave lasting influences such as those on Mexico far beyond the imagination thought possible.

Frida Kahlo born in Coyoacan Mexico, Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderon was born July 6 1907 although she stated she was born year 1910 to reflect Mexican revolution, considering herself a “true daughter of the Mexican revolution.” Kahlo was always described as a unique girl, one of four girls growing up she was the one who stood out most. She wrestled, boxed enjoyed swimming, and even at times enjoyed dressing in boys clothing which of course at those time were very unlikely for girls to do such things. Kahlo experienced growing up during the Mexican Revolution she remembered times when her and her sister hid while her mom fed the Zapatistas. Kahlo was the first female student in a prep school in Mexico where she was in a little gang of boys and the debated and argued about ideas of Marx, religion and other things.

Without the assistance and use of Soldaderas, the mexican revolution would not have been what it was. There was a major change in which women were viewed and treated before and after the war. Women took roles that belonged to women, whether it was as a nurse, a cook, a soldadera, etc. they all played a major role in completing and fighting for the cause that other men were after. Through courage and bravery women were able to receive respect as well as better treatment. As they also came to a realization as to what roles they should be able to obtain regardless of the gender. They were able to fight for equal rights, and equal treatment just as men.

Throughout its history Mexico has had many revolutions. The most famous perhaps is the Mexican Revolution from 1910-1920. The people of Mexico were getting tired of the dictator rule of President Porfino Diaz. People of all classes were fighting in the revolution. The middle and upper classes were dissatisfied with the President’s ways. The lower and working class people had many factors such as poor working conditions, inflation, inferior housing, low wages, and deficient social services. Within the classes everyone was fighting; men, women, and children all contributed to the fight for freedom from Diaz (Baxman 2). This revolution proved to be the rise and fall of many leaders.

“’I love the revolution like a volcano in eruption; I love the volcano because it’s a volcano; the revolution because it’s the revolution!’” cries a revolutionary soldier in Azuela’s The Underdogs (159). The Mexican Revolution of 1910 was aimed to overthrow the dictatorship of the Mexican government, which was in constant turmoil as presidents were constantly toppled from power. Porfirio Diaz, the president at the time the uprising began, was removed from power when revolutionary generals, Emiliano Zapata and Francisco “Pancho” Villa, answered Francisco Madero’s call for rebellion. After Madero took power, he was defeated by Victoriano Huerta. Venustiano Carranza seized power from Huerta, and Alvaro Obregon gained control after Carranza was deposed. The revolution lasted a decade and ended with the new Mexican Constitution of 1917. These events are told in The Underdogs, by Mariano Azuela, in which a native Indian, Demetrio Macias, is forced to side with and aid the rebels when his home is destroyed and his loved ones are put in danger. Throughout the battles, Macias becomes hardened by war, which eventually leads him into Villa’s army as a general. Yet, his original gang of rebels and newly recruited men begin to lose battle after battle. The soldiers go to war and some do not come back. Written from the revolutionaries’ point of view, The Underdogs, by Marino Azuela, is a historically accurate novel that argues that the ideals of

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The Mexican revolution was an important time in the history of Mexico. It was important because Mexico stopped the dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz and they established a constitutional republic. During that time a lot of major people were involved in establishing a good government like Francisco Madero, Pascual Orozco, Pancho villa, and Emiliano Zapata. All of these people had a major role in the revolution and also in changing the future of Mexico. Each and everyone one of them had an impact as revolutionists.

The Mexican revolution was a great success as it restored the values that the Mexican people valued. After the violent reign of Porfiriato—marred by massive wealth inequality—ended, the Mexican people rallied for a stable government with the greatest focus on equal opportunities in government, land ownership, and the creation of jobs. The new government embraced the ideals held by the Mexican people and this lead to great success with goals being maintained through the 1940s.

The Mexican Revolution was greatly influenced by the peasants in the villages. Conditions like haciendas run by Europeans or mestizos lead to exploitations of peasants and reform laws that lead to the Agrarian Revolution of the peasants. Agrarian Revolt in a Mexican Village focus on the village of Naranja, through Paul Friedrich historical analysis of this town, we see how the conditions like hacienda led these people to mobilize against Porfirio Diaz.

The women’s movement in Latin America is mainly influenced by the earlier feminist movements that have existed throughout history which were for the most part made up of middle class individuals. Nonetheless the women’s movement in Latin America includes the participation and unity of women in organizations. These organizations have a democratic ideal which entitles women’s solidarity. That said, they are made of women, by women for women. These different women movements have existed and continue to fight for the rights of women workers in trade unions, for housewives in squatter settlements, overall they are simply females, mothers, sisters, daughters, aunts, grandmothers defending their human rights and stand against their state’s authoritarianism

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