Mexican Women

The time prior to the Mexican American war and proceeding onward for women of hispanic descent was martyred with racism. The racism integrated itself from the relationship the mexican women have with the indigenous folk. Such that many of the Mexican Women have indigenous blood, since they are not of anglo descent they are still held to the idea that the indigenous are beneath the anglo communities that have been conquered, now more than once. Even in the shift from the indigenous community to the colonization there was a shift from somewhat women 's equality, where women were revered to one where women take a secondary position. In a place where the Mexican community is considered a second class citizen, a women becomes even lower in position than in an anglo community.
In places such as California following the Mexican American war, which ended with the treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, any land owned was seized particularly because there was no title to provide proof. In the treaty it called for male citizens of Mexico to be made into citizens and keep possession of their titles. The United States though made it impossible with the requirement of a title ownership. Under the law of the United States, women were not citizens and were property of a man, as such, they lost any claim to land in the established areas where women …show more content…
The First Feminist Congress of 1912 took place in Yucatan. Over 600 delegates came to the convention to ask for what they believed to be the beginning resolutions towards a more equal environment for men and women. In the convention they addressed the issue of education to help bridge the gaps between the sexes. In doing so they asked for sex education and for education of the origins of religion. In order to combat the patriarchy system which oppresses woman from every angle as it pertains to the home life and dictates the life one should