Abstract

BAZANT, Mílada. A MUSE OF THE MODERNITY: LAURA MENDEZ DE CUENCA (1853-1928). Rev.hist.educ.latinoam. [online]. 2013, vol.15, n.21, pp.19-50. ISSN 0122-7238.

This paper discusses the biographical, literary and educational career of one of the first feminist in México, Laura Méndez de Cuenca. A liberal and modern woman, single mother, she dared to transgress the social catholic rules of her time and she lived a free life but paying a high Price for that freedom. Her legacy is a 2000 pages treatise on education and literary compendium of all genres.

Keywords : Journal of the History of the Latin American Education; modern woman; liberalism; feminism; biography.

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