Mexican Women In The 1920s Essay
There were times when women were seen as people who take care of household chores and bear children. They were not allowed to participate in politics, military, official jobs; the status of women has changed over time. Many women are responsible for this change in the society where women are treated equal to men these days. One of such community is the Mexican women during the 1920s. Many of these women leaders were responsible for bringing the other women out of their homes to accompany men in all walks of their lives. Julie Leininger Pycior has explained the heights the Mexican women of the 1920s reached, in the essay “Tejanas Navigating the 1920s.”
One of the priorities of the Mexican women was the “community-based mutual assistance” (Pycior 72). They formed many organizations some of which were headed by men and others by women. Like men, women held offices, although many of them still took care of the household. Their jobs varied from dressmakers to vice-presidents and even presidents in some cases, although some women still took care of the household. Luisa M. Gonzalez, a bookkeeper became the president of the San Antonio lodge of the Alianza Hispano Americana, when San Antonio had the largest Mexican population at that …show more content…
Orden Hijos de Texas(OHT) and Orden Hijos de Amèrica(OHA) were Mexican American organizations formed by the military members of World War I. Women were not involved in both of these organizations whereas the National Association for the Advancement of the Colored People(NAACP) included women founders and members. The New Deal Programs by Roosevelt after the Great Depression affected the mutual-aid groups of the Mexicans. Many women thought twice before marrying men who were involved in public life, the reason being that they did not want to interfere directly or indirectly. They had knowledge of themselves and what they needed in their
One of the priorities of the Mexican women was the “community-based mutual assistance” (Pycior 72). They formed many organizations some of which were headed by men and others by women. Like men, women held offices, although many of them still took care of the household. Their jobs varied from dressmakers to vice-presidents and even presidents in some cases, although some women still took care of the household. Luisa M. Gonzalez, a bookkeeper became the president of the San Antonio lodge of the Alianza Hispano Americana, when San Antonio had the largest Mexican population at that …show more content…
Orden Hijos de Texas(OHT) and Orden Hijos de Amèrica(OHA) were Mexican American organizations formed by the military members of World War I. Women were not involved in both of these organizations whereas the National Association for the Advancement of the Colored People(NAACP) included women founders and members. The New Deal Programs by Roosevelt after the Great Depression affected the mutual-aid groups of the Mexicans. Many women thought twice before marrying men who were involved in public life, the reason being that they did not want to interfere directly or indirectly. They had knowledge of themselves and what they needed in their