Feminism before the 1900s
How many women attended the First Feminist Congress of Yucatán to discuss secular education and reproductive rights?
700 women
What president signed reforms recognizing Mexican women's right to vote and run for office in federal elections?
President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
What was the social-political movement for gay and lesbian rights that emerged after World War II?
The Homophile Movement.
In what year did the Stonewall riots take place?
1969
In the United States, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott organized what?
The Seneca Falls Convention.
The National Front for the Liberation and Rights of Women and the Coalition of Feminist Women presented a bill related to what?
Voluntary motherhood
What were three famous groups from the Homophile Movement?
The Mattachine Society, ONE Inc., and the Daughters of Bilitis.
What lesbian group donated blood and showed solidarity with gay men during the AIDS epidemic?
The San Diego Blood Sisters.
The First Feminist Congress of Yucatán was organized by who?
Teacher Consuelo Zavala
The Legislative Assembly of the Federal District approved a reform that made Mexico City the first state-level jurisdiction in the country to decriminalize legal abortion during how many weeks of pregnancy?
12 weeks
What was the name given to the lesbian protest against their exclusion from the feminist movement in 1970?
The Lavender Menace.
Name at least two groups that were important in the birth of the homosexual liberation movement in Mexico.
The Homosexual Liberation Front (FLH), the Homosexual Revolutionary Action Front (FHAR), and the Lambda Group.
The Declaration of Sentiments was signed by how many women and men?
68 women and 32 men.
In what year did President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines sign reforms recognizing Mexican women's right to vote and run for office in federal elections?
1916
Who were three key figures in the homosexual liberation movement in Mexico?
Nancy Cárdenas, Carlos Monsiváis, and Juan Jacobo Hernández.
On what date did the first LGBTQ+ march in Mexico take place?
July 21, 1979.
In which year did Mary Wollstonecraft write A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, a work in which she argued for equality between men and women and supported equal education?
1792
In what year did The National Front for the Liberation and Rights of Women and the Coalition of Feminist Women present a bill related to voluntary motherhood?
1979
What artistic movement used Mexican cultural allegories and figures to satirize society and criticize Mexican stereotypes and machista ideals?
Neomexicanism.
What artist used Neomexicanism to critique the idea of what a “real man” should be in Mexico?
Julio Galán.