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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 ...
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 ...
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.
In 1924, Betances Jaeger addressed her writing to the middle-class and upper-class Puerto Rican women readers of the San Juan newspaper Heraldo de Puerto Rico column, "Lectura para las damas: Deporte y literatura." Writing for this column shaped Betances Jaeger's early career as a "reporter and mediator of the women’s beauty and fashion."
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]
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]
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 ...