Leonor
"Negating Dictatorship and Exalting Feminine Achievement"
Mexico's nineteenth century beginnings, 1910 through 1920, were notorious for political and social unrest. Civil discord thrived among Mexico's government administrations, indigenous, and caste. Leonor Villegas de Magnon, a revolutionary woman lurking in the shadows of more prominent male figures of the Mexican Revolution, by all means was audaciously phenomenal. A native of Laredo, Mexico, Leonor's works flourished during an intense, discriminate, and villainous time in Mexican history. Coincidentally the circumstance of her birth compelled her father to attribute the name Rebel; an affectionate irony as she was the only cause for celebration during a bandit intrusion to her parent's …show more content…
With the goings-on of day to day activity, Leonor became mindful of the opposition and rebellion toward Dictator Porfirio Diaz. "Diaz ruled Mexico with an undisputed iron hand, surrounding himself with men of high culture and refinement, in strange contrast to his own rude background." 1 Attempting to restore Mexico's downtrodden image to other countries, Diaz and his cabinet overindulged in the self-gratifying efforts of bringing economic and political stability to their newly independent state. In doing so, they neglected attention to civic matters, further flaring the discontent of an enraged populace. In revolt, ordinary civilians and government affiliated armies produced a number of guerrilla fights against one another. Riots among these rebels and federals occupy 1910 through 1920; the official period in Mexico known as the Mexican Revolution. "On March 17, 1913, in the early dawn the small garrison of Nuevo Laredo was attacked . . . telephoning her friends, she told them her plans to . . . help take care of the wounded." 2 Leonor assembled groups of corps nurses to remove wounded from the core of battle, administer aid, and accommodate them in improvised and already established hospitals. Most of her medical assistance was accompanied by her good friend Lily Long, traveling to sites occupied by revolutionary forces such as Chihuahua, Monterey,
Mexico's nineteenth century beginnings, 1910 through 1920, were notorious for political and social unrest. Civil discord thrived among Mexico's government administrations, indigenous, and caste. Leonor Villegas de Magnon, a revolutionary woman lurking in the shadows of more prominent male figures of the Mexican Revolution, by all means was audaciously phenomenal. A native of Laredo, Mexico, Leonor's works flourished during an intense, discriminate, and villainous time in Mexican history. Coincidentally the circumstance of her birth compelled her father to attribute the name Rebel; an affectionate irony as she was the only cause for celebration during a bandit intrusion to her parent's …show more content…
With the goings-on of day to day activity, Leonor became mindful of the opposition and rebellion toward Dictator Porfirio Diaz. "Diaz ruled Mexico with an undisputed iron hand, surrounding himself with men of high culture and refinement, in strange contrast to his own rude background." 1 Attempting to restore Mexico's downtrodden image to other countries, Diaz and his cabinet overindulged in the self-gratifying efforts of bringing economic and political stability to their newly independent state. In doing so, they neglected attention to civic matters, further flaring the discontent of an enraged populace. In revolt, ordinary civilians and government affiliated armies produced a number of guerrilla fights against one another. Riots among these rebels and federals occupy 1910 through 1920; the official period in Mexico known as the Mexican Revolution. "On March 17, 1913, in the early dawn the small garrison of Nuevo Laredo was attacked . . . telephoning her friends, she told them her plans to . . . help take care of the wounded." 2 Leonor assembled groups of corps nurses to remove wounded from the core of battle, administer aid, and accommodate them in improvised and already established hospitals. Most of her medical assistance was accompanied by her good friend Lily Long, traveling to sites occupied by revolutionary forces such as Chihuahua, Monterey,