Elvia Carrillo Puerto (1878 – 1967) was a Mexican socialist politician and feminist activist. Elvia had been married at the age of 13 and widowed by 21. She founded Mexico's first feminist leagues in 1912, including the League of Rita Cetina Gutierrez (Spanish: Liga Rita Cetina Gutierrez) in 1919. In 1923, Elvia became Mexico's first woman state deputy, and elected to the Chamber of Deputies Due to Elvia's contributions to Mexican government and ...
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Elvia Carrillo Puerto (1878 – 1967) was a Mexican socialist politician and feminist activist. Elvia had been married at the age of 13 and widowed by 21. She founded Mexico's first feminist leagues in 1912, including the League of Rita Cetina Gutierrez (Spanish: Liga Rita Cetina Gutierrez) in 1919. In 1923, Elvia became Mexico's first woman state deputy, and elected to the Chamber of Deputies Due to Elvia's contributions to Mexican government and history, she was officially decorated as a "Veteran of the Revolution." Elvia's tireless dedication to the revolution and women's movement earned her the nickname "The Red Nun" (Spanish: La Monja Roja).
Elvia Carrillo Puerto is credited with starting numerous feminist leagues in Mexico, the most prominent being the The Rita Cetina Gutierrez League, named after one of Yucatán's greatest educators. The feminist leagues focused on many tasks to promote women's rights, beginning in Mérida, Yucatán, where the first were founded in 1912, and...
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