The Feminist Movement: The Women's Suffrage Movement
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Jocelyn Olcott argues that the woman suffrage movement in Mexico failed because the FUPDM, which by 1937 was the focal point of suffragist activism, “had relinquished the leverage of a dissenting organization and because, particularly after the ruling party’s restructuring along corporatists lines, individual voting rights seemed irrelevant to women’s most pressing concerns. There were three factors that contributed to the activist decision to form the FUPDM. The first, Olcott states, is that there was an immense amount of support for women’s organizing within the Cardenas government. In fact, Cardenas “advanced women’s activism, vocally supporting women’s social, economical, and political rights during his campaign and throughout his presidency.” Secondly, the FUPDM was …show more content…
By the 1930s, María del Refugio García, also called Cuca García, was a leading figure in both the Communist party and a leader in the women's rights movement. Women played a significant role in the complex and destructive Mexican Revolution; it brought women out of the home and into the streets and battlegrounds. Cuca states that even though women fought on the front lines, they “expected much from the revolution but received few rewards.” Olcott quotes one of Cuca’s most famous quotes when she states that “the gunpowder from the battlefields passed through our hair many times without making us turn back, but our country’s Government had taken advantage of our services, sent us home, saying that the place for a woman is in the home.” As a result of this passion, the Frente Único Pro Derechos de la Mujer (FUPDM; Sole Front for Women’s Rights) was formed. She became the secretary-general of the FUPDM and organized a variety of different kinds of women to oppose fascism with a broad list of demands: labor reform, women’s suffrage, equal rights for the indigenous and the poor, civil code
Jocelyn Olcott argues that the woman suffrage movement in Mexico failed because the FUPDM, which by 1937 was the focal point of suffragist activism, “had relinquished the leverage of a dissenting organization and because, particularly after the ruling party’s restructuring along corporatists lines, individual voting rights seemed irrelevant to women’s most pressing concerns. There were three factors that contributed to the activist decision to form the FUPDM. The first, Olcott states, is that there was an immense amount of support for women’s organizing within the Cardenas government. In fact, Cardenas “advanced women’s activism, vocally supporting women’s social, economical, and political rights during his campaign and throughout his presidency.” Secondly, the FUPDM was …show more content…
By the 1930s, María del Refugio García, also called Cuca García, was a leading figure in both the Communist party and a leader in the women's rights movement. Women played a significant role in the complex and destructive Mexican Revolution; it brought women out of the home and into the streets and battlegrounds. Cuca states that even though women fought on the front lines, they “expected much from the revolution but received few rewards.” Olcott quotes one of Cuca’s most famous quotes when she states that “the gunpowder from the battlefields passed through our hair many times without making us turn back, but our country’s Government had taken advantage of our services, sent us home, saying that the place for a woman is in the home.” As a result of this passion, the Frente Único Pro Derechos de la Mujer (FUPDM; Sole Front for Women’s Rights) was formed. She became the secretary-general of the FUPDM and organized a variety of different kinds of women to oppose fascism with a broad list of demands: labor reform, women’s suffrage, equal rights for the indigenous and the poor, civil code