María del Refugio García

[2] At the first Mexican congress held in Mexico City in 1934, García endorsed Marxist thinking that prostitution was caused by poverty and would never be eradicated while a capitalist system prevailed.

[1] They also argued for the agrarian code to be modified to allow women the right to apply for government land grants.

[1] García ran for election as a Sole Front candidate for her home district, Uruapan, to the Mexican Chamber of Deputies.

[1] In response, García went on a hunger strike outside President Lázaro Cárdenas’ residence in Mexico City for 11 days in August 1937.

[1] García taught at La Huerta Agricultural School, where she gave seminars on scientific materialism and other radical doctrines.