Mi grano de arena en esa hermosa labor Hermila Galindo’s Feminationalist Rhetoric
During the Mexican Revolution, Hermila Galindo brought the concept of feminism to a much larger audience in Mexico and Latin America, and, like Gutiérrez de Mendoza, pushed the boundaries of what it meant to be a woman in Mexico.¹ While more women were writing for the public, civic oratory was still...
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| Published in | Occupying Our Space p. 165 |
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| Format | Book Chapter |
| Language | English |
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United States
University of Arizona Press
02.04.2015
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| Online Access | Get full text |
| ISBN | 0816530742 9780816530748 |
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| Summary: | During the Mexican Revolution, Hermila Galindo brought the concept of feminism to a much larger audience in Mexico and Latin America, and, like Gutiérrez de Mendoza, pushed the boundaries of what it meant to be a woman in Mexico.¹ While more women were writing for the public, civic oratory was still strictly reserved for the male bastion of the Mexican intelligentsia. Galindo ignored the antifeminine critiques and claimed a puesto in public speaking, serving on special assignment as spokeswoman for the Constitutionalist president of Mexico, Venustiano Carranza, from 1914 to 1920.² As a presidential spokeswoman, she sharpened her oratory skills |
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| ISBN: | 0816530742 9780816530748 |