She worked as a journalist and wrote books about women's citizenship and used her social position to write letters to government officials.
[1] As early as 1922 when she published a pamphlet entitled “The Political Rights of the Mexican Women”, Robles was involved in the fight for suffrage.
[1] In the late 1920s, Robles lived in New York working for the Mexican Secretary of Education and petitioned the president Emilio Portes Gil for remuneration of her war service, without success.
In March 1932 she wrote a letter[2] to Jefe Máximo Plutarco Elías Calles “The Meaning of the Women’s Vote in Mexico”[5] arguing in favor of civic equality.
She served as first chair along with an international board which initially had representatives from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Peru and Venezuela and soon spread to all the Latin American Countries.
[1] Robles was an active member of the Frente Unico Para los Derechos de Mujer (Sole Front for Women’s Rights)[9] and in 1937 she brought representatives of the US National Woman's Party on a tour through Mexico, which culminated in a meeting in Mexico City with 25 members of FUPDM.
[11] In 1940, Robles admonished President Cárdenas' administration for failing to press for ratification and urged him to enact the legislation.