The journal La Internacional articulated a detailed program of reform that aimed at "the emancipation, rehabilitation, and integral education of women.
Madero was part of a rich estate-owning family in the northern state of Coahuila, who had attended University of California, Berkeley briefly and traveled in Europe, absorbing liberal ideas and practices.
Madero's wife as well as his female personal assistant, Soledad González, "unquestionably enhanced his interest in women's rights.
According to Mexican standards, women were expected to be submissive to their partner and prioritize his needs at home or in preparation for battle.
Machismo, or the sense of masculine pride made it difficult for women to receive any acknowledgement for their efforts in the war.
The uprising of these rebellions inspired women to pursue fighting in the war due to mass frustration and civil unrest.
In the "Additions" to the Plan de Guadalupe, Carranza made some important statements that affected families and the status of women in regards to marriage.
There was increased advocacy for women's rights in the late 1910s, with the founding of a new feminist magazine, Mujer Moderna, which ceased publication in 1919.
The document was written by 620 delegates and addressed women’s rights in Mexico through the collaboration of both male and female members.
[11] The named contributors of this publication in the “Diario Oficial'' of the government were director Antonio Ancona and administrator José Samboa Espinosa.
The document writes about how the revolution of 1910 opened the doors for women and changed the way they had been viewed for twenty preceding centuries.
Carranza, who was elected president in 1916, called for a convention to draft a new Mexican Constitution that incorporated gains for particular groups, such as the industrial working class and the peasantry seeking land reform.
[14] Following the student movement in Mexico, support towards female participation in various forms of expression such as cultural, artistic, political, and academic contributions increased.
For example, they paved the way for the first addition of women in positions of political power, namely as governors and ministers of state, deputies, senators, and judiciaries.
A quote from Ana Ignacio Avendaño, the head of the School of Law in 1968 conveys, “...the true heroines of the student movement: those anonymous women whose names aren’t well known, who go unrecognized.
13 other women who were members of the National Strike Council are as follows: Dana Aerenlund, Patricia Best, Adriana Corona, Oralia García, Mirthokleia González, Mareta Gutiérrez, Consuelo Hernández, Ianira León, Eugenia Mesta, Erlinda Sánchez, Marta Servín, Eugenia Valero, and Rosalba Zúñiga.
While the content of their debates was not centered around feminist proposals, their presence in collaborative spaces opened doors for female contributions and involvement.
The principles of the movement revolve around dismantling systems of colonization, exploitation, and injustice committed against indigenous communities for centuries.
[15] The Zapatista uprising that occurred on January 1, 1994 called for justice and the right to democracy for Indigenous peasants in the south of the country.
[16] In the time following their uprising, the EZLN (Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional)[17] or Zapatista Army of National Liberation, focused on contributing to the liberation of Indigenous people in Mexico through actions such as facilitating peaceful protests and opening the line of communication between organizations in the public sphere.
[20][18] Activism was sparked in part due to the interaction between various groups with the common goal of expanding the freedom of Indigenous communities and women.
Their role in the feminist movement was more openly discussed and developed through the installation of the National Coordinating Committee of Indigenous Women in 1997.
"[23] María del Refugio García ran for election as a Sole Front for Women's Rights candidate for her home district, Uruapan.
[23] In response, García went on a hunger strike outside President Lázaro Cárdenas's residence in Mexico City for 11 days in August 1937.
[24] Later, in 1947, President Miguel Alemán proposed a constitutional amendment that would let women exercise their right to participate in municipal elections.
Upon assuming the presidency, Adolfo Ruíz Cortines fulfilled his campaign promise and sent an initiative to reform Constitutional Articles 34 and 115 that promoted universal suffrage for women to the Chamber of Deputies.