Women's History Month

Every year, March is designated Women’s History Month by presidential proclamation. The month is set aside to honor women’s contributions in history.

5 Mexican Women that Inspire us

Hermila Galindo

(2 June 1886 – 18 August 1954) She was a feminist and writer. She was from Mexico, Hermila supported many feminist views. She wanted to teach sex education in schools, women's suffrage, and divorce. She was one of the first feminists that said that Catholicism in Mexico was hurting feminism, Hermila was the first woman to run for elected office in Mexico.

Ellen Ochoa

(May 10, 1958) She is an American engineer, former astronaut and former director of the Johnson Space Center. In 1993, Ochoa became the first Hispanic woman to go to space when she served on a nine-day mission aboard the Space Shuttle. Ochoa became director of the center on December 31, 2012. She was the first Hispanic director and the second female director of Johnson Space Center.

 
 

Frida Kahlo

Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón (6 July 1907 – 13 July 1954), usually known as Frida Kahlo, was a Mexican painter. She was known for her surreal and very personal works. She was married to Diego Rivera, also a well-known painter. She was born in Coyoacán, Mexico.

 
 
 

  • Dolores Huerta

    Dolores Clara Fernández Huerta (April 10, 1930) is an American labor leader and civil rights activist who, is a co-founder of the National Farmworkers Association, which later merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee to become the United Farm Workers. Huerta helped organize the Delano grape strike in 1965 in California and was the lead negotiator in the workers' contract that was created after the strike.

  • Selena

    (April 16, 1971 – March 31, 1995) was an American singer. Referred to as the "Queen of Tejano music", her contributions to music and fashion made her one of the most celebrated Mexican-American entertainers of the late 20th century. In 2020 Billboard magazine put her in third place on their list of "Greatest Latino Artists of All Time", based on both Latin albums and Latin songs chart. Media outlets called her the "Tejano Madonna" for her clothing choices.