In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Galindo and the second or maternal family name is Acosta.
Hermila Galindo Acosta
Born
Hermila Galindo Acosta
2 June 1886
Villa Lerdo, Durango, Mexico
Died
18 August 1954(1954-08-18) (aged 68)
Mexico City, Mexico
Nationality
Mexican
Other names
Hermila Galindo Acosta de Topete
Occupation(s)
journalist, activist
Hermila Galindo Acosta (also known as Hermila Galindo de Topete) (2June 1886 – 18August 1954) was a Mexican feminist and a writer. She was an early supporter of many radical feminist issues, primarily sex education in schools, women's suffrage, and divorce. She was one of the first feminists to state that Catholicism in Mexico was thwarting feminist efforts, and was the first woman to run for elected office in Mexico.
La Mujer Moderna was a Mexican weekly feminist magazine founded by HermilaGalindo and published between 1915 and 1919. Between September 16, 1915 and...
2018 $1,000 153 × 65 mm Gray Mexican Revolution; Francisco I. Madero, HermilaGalindo and Carmen Serdán Tropical humid-forest ecosystems represented by the...
who influenced their thinking on the matter. Carranza's secretary HermilaGalindo was an important feminist activist, who in collaboration with others...
his presidency he relied on his personal secretary and close aide, HermilaGalindo de Topete, to rally and secure support for him. Through her efforts...
While not as strong in Mexico, there were activists for the cause. HermilaGalindo, a strong supporter of Carranza, requested the convention to consider...
took the issue of women's suffrage to the Council of Europe in 1983 HermilaGalindo (1896–1954) – Mexican feminist, secretary to President Venustiano Carranza...
the Revolution, with the right to divorce attained in 1914. In 1915, HermilaGalindo founded a feminist publication, Mujer Moderna (The Modern Woman) which...
conditions and rights. Among the soldaderas Dolores Jiménez y Muro and HermilaGalindo are often considered heroines to Mexico today. Today, references to...
film Roma, which follows the life of a live-in housekeeper. Premio HermilaGalindo de la Comisión de Derechos Humanos del Distrito Federal (2006) Premio...
Serdán Juana Belén Gutiérrez Agustina Ramírez Elvia Carrillo Puerto HermilaGalindo Sara Pérez Romero 38 statues have been installed between the Angel...
and their rights to divorce. A storm of controversy resulted when HermilaGalindo's paper advocating sex education on female sexuality was read. When...
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