Elvia Carrillo Puerto

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Carrillo and the second or maternal family name is Puerto.
Elvia Carrillo Puerto
Born(1878-12-06)6 December 1878
Motul, Yucatán
Died15 April 1968(1968-04-15) (aged 89)
Occupation(s)Activist, feminist, suffragist
SpouseVicente Pérez Mendiburo
ChildrenMarcial
Parent(s)Adela Puerto Solís and Justiniano Carrillo Pasos

Elvia Carrillo Puerto (6 December 1878 – 15 April 1968)[1] was a Mexican socialist politician and feminist activist.[2] Carrillo had been married by the age of 13 and widowed by 21. She founded some of Mexico's first feminist organizations,[3] including the League of Rita Cetina Gutiérrez (Spanish: Liga Rita Cetina Gutiérrez) in 1919. In 1923, Carrillo became Mexico's first woman state deputy when she was elected to the Congress of Yucatán.[2][4][5] Due to Carrillo's contributions to Mexican government and history, she was officially honored as a "Veteran of the Revolution". Carrillo's tireless dedication to the revolution and women's movement earned her the nickname "The Red Nun" (Spanish: La Monja Roja).[4][6]

  1. ^ "Elvia Carrillo Puerto". www.senado.gob.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-08-03.
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  3. ^ Reed, Alma M.; Michael Karl Schuessler; Elena Poniatowska (2007). Peregrina: Love and Death in Mexico. University of Texas Press. pp. 2, 148, 181. ISBN 978-0-292-70239-4.
  4. ^ a b Joseph, G. M. (March 31, 1982). Revolution from Without: Yucatán, Mexico, and the United States, 1880-1924. Cambridge University Press. p. 218. ISBN 0-521-23516-2.
  5. ^ Lavrin, Asunción (1978). Latin American Women: Historical Perspectives. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 291. ISBN 0-313-20309-1.
  6. ^ Fallaw, Ben (2001). Cárdenas Compromised: The Failure of Reform in Postrevolutionary Yucatán. Duke University Press. p. 184. ISBN 0-8223-2767-8.