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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 ...
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
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 ...
Betances Jaeger was a member of the Asociación de Escritores y Periodistas Puertorriqueños (Association of Puerto Rican Writers and Journalists) [5] [6] and was the Puerto Rican representative for the Union de Mujeres Americanas (American Women's Union). [1]
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.
She was co-founder of Red de Archivos Históricos de Puerto Rico (English: Puerto Rico Historical Archives Network). Between 1970 and 1989, she also was a coordinator for the Carnaval Ponceño. She has held prominent roles in the Unión de Mujeres Americanas (American Women's Union). [2]
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 ...