How Did The Sodaderas Of The Mexican Revolution
IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION OF SOURCES
The question I chose for my internal assessment is, “To what extent did the Soldaderas of the Mexican Revolution change the role of women in Mexico, in terms of societal importance?” The question essentially needs use of sources that assess the role of Soldaderas, as well as the impact after the war, in terms of views on the deserved role of women after the war. I decided to use two sources that correctly evaluated the impact of the Soldaderas post-revolution. The first source I chose is titled, “Las Soldaderas De Elena Poniatowska: Estampas femeninas de la revolución” found on Ebscohost. The academic journal was published in 2011 by Romance Notes, Vol 51 issue 3. The subjects that the article covers …show more content…
Women in Mexico before the revolution would hide behind the shadows of their husbands, they were simply seen as the homemakers, the women who tended to her husband's needs. A typical woman in Mexico focused on church, children, and husband. “Consumed by family life, marriage, and the Catholic Church.” Mexican women were seemingly regulated to a simple traditional existence. Politically and socially women essentially had no role as they were not seen as being capable of possessing certain knowledge and characteristics to allow for them to hold any power. Women essentially carried no power in the political or social world, they had no rights and word in any of the decisions taken. There was a gap that existed amongst women and men, as men were the only ones to hold power and make decisions, overtime the gap seemed to grow stirring awareness in women. Slowly the revolution began to evolve and form, pulling men from all over, from their kids, and wives. They left behind much of the jobs causing for women to take over the workforce. During the first stages of the war, majority of the men were being pulled into the revolution for combat, there was a greater need for more soldiers as most of the laborers and working class was being taken away to fight. Some of the women took the place of their deceased husbands as the number of soldiers was steadily going
The question I chose for my internal assessment is, “To what extent did the Soldaderas of the Mexican Revolution change the role of women in Mexico, in terms of societal importance?” The question essentially needs use of sources that assess the role of Soldaderas, as well as the impact after the war, in terms of views on the deserved role of women after the war. I decided to use two sources that correctly evaluated the impact of the Soldaderas post-revolution. The first source I chose is titled, “Las Soldaderas De Elena Poniatowska: Estampas femeninas de la revolución” found on Ebscohost. The academic journal was published in 2011 by Romance Notes, Vol 51 issue 3. The subjects that the article covers …show more content…
Women in Mexico before the revolution would hide behind the shadows of their husbands, they were simply seen as the homemakers, the women who tended to her husband's needs. A typical woman in Mexico focused on church, children, and husband. “Consumed by family life, marriage, and the Catholic Church.” Mexican women were seemingly regulated to a simple traditional existence. Politically and socially women essentially had no role as they were not seen as being capable of possessing certain knowledge and characteristics to allow for them to hold any power. Women essentially carried no power in the political or social world, they had no rights and word in any of the decisions taken. There was a gap that existed amongst women and men, as men were the only ones to hold power and make decisions, overtime the gap seemed to grow stirring awareness in women. Slowly the revolution began to evolve and form, pulling men from all over, from their kids, and wives. They left behind much of the jobs causing for women to take over the workforce. During the first stages of the war, majority of the men were being pulled into the revolution for combat, there was a greater need for more soldiers as most of the laborers and working class was being taken away to fight. Some of the women took the place of their deceased husbands as the number of soldiers was steadily going