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Daniela Sánchez

Bearing the Nation: Eugenics and Contentious Feminism in Post-Revolutionary Mexico

February 17, 2023

We need new men, normal children, strong workers, and loyal soldiers . . . , and much of this can be achieved by cultivating Mexican women, showing them horizons that they have not contemplated. -Dr. Carmen Alarcón, 1942[1] In 1922, socialist feminists such as Elvia Carrillo Puerto and Esperanza Velázquez Bringas organized eugenic campaigns promoting […]

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