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The Unión de Mujeres Americanas (Union of American Women, UAW) was founded in 1934 by Mexican women's rights activist and suffragette, Margarita Robles de Mendoza.The purpose of the organization was to develop ties between women in the region to fight for the civic and political rights of women throughout the Americas and improve women's social and economic situations.
She founded the Unión de Mujeres Americanas (UMA) (Union of American Women) to promote women's civic and political equality throughout the Americas. She led the Feminine Sector of the National Revolutionary Party (PNRSF), served as Mexico's representative on the Inter-American Commission of Women from 1930-1940, and served in the consulate ...
When she was aged 20, Anita began working for feminist causes and joined the Unión de Mujeres Americanas (Union of American Women), [citation needed] which had been founded in 1934 by Margarita Robles de Mendoza. [3] The UMA Chapter of Morelos was founded in 1935 with Zapata as its president.
To this end, Prudencia founded the Nazareth House for disadvantaged girls in 1935 (closed in 1943) and the Association of Missionary Servants of Christ the King in 1943, which would receive Papal approval in 1946. In 1952, the Unión de Mujeres Americanas recognized Prudencia's work and dubbed her a "Prominent Woman of Nicaragua" for her social ...
In 1955, Castillo was declared "Woman of the Americas" by the Unión de Mujeres Americanas. She was also honored by the Ateneo Ecuatoriano in Quito the same year. In 1960, she was recognized by the Unión de Quiteños. [3] In recognition of her poetic work, Casa de la Cultura published her collection Poemas de Ayer y de Hoy in 1962. [9]
Josefa Toledo de Aguerri or Josefa Emilia Toledo Murillo (21 April 1866 – 27 April 1962) was a Nicaraguan feminist, writer and reform pedagogue. Regarded as a pioneer for education of women in Nicaragua, she is along with Dame Angélica Balladares de Argüello one of the most celebrated feminists and suffragists in Nicaragua in the mid-1930s, both being honoured by the Unión de Mujeres ...
Increasingly she took on political roles and in 1944 alone, she accepted the presidency of the Association of Intellectual Women of Guatemala; became the secretary for the Guatemalan chapter of the Union of American Women (Unión de Mujeres Americanas); and became a board member for both the Alliance for Citizenship of Guatemalan Women and the ...
Margarita Robles de Mendoza (1896–1954) – suffragist, journalist and founder of the Unión de Mujeres Americanas (UMA) (Union of American Women) Elena Sánchez Valenzuela (1900–1950) – silent film actress, archivist and suffragist; Paulina Ana María Zapata Portillo (1915–2010) – politician and member of the UMA