Latin America Dbq Analysis

Politics in twentieth-century Latin America changed the ways men and women were allowed to function in government and society. Traditional gender roles , held mostly by men, held women back from working and participating in government activities for most of history. As the twentieth-century moved on this began to change, and feminism and women's suffrage challenged the patriarchal views held by many members of society in Latin America.

Many feminists emerged in twentieth-century Latin America, these women fought for their rights to participate in the government, and to vote. One huge player in women’s rights was a Mexican woman by the name of María Luisa Marín. María was a revolutionary feminist who fought for better housing prices, and conditions

He is attempting to ‘side’ with feminists to gain support, while still believing and fighting for many traditional views. On the other hand, document four describes how the women’s rights movement should be recognized, and women should be given what they want. The author of document four makes the argument that by not allowing women equal rights, you allow women to become socialist. In the author's point of view, this would be extremely bad for their government. Both of these men want to implement feminist wants in different ways, but both appear quite controversial in their motives. Document six is a letter by a veteran of the Mexican Revolution to the Mexican president, and appears to hold similar concerns as the man in document four, but in a different fashion. The veteran believes that if the president were to give women rights, they would make poor decisions, and would ruin the governmental systems that men have set up. He is also worried for the safety of the government, but he believes the the government will have issues if women get rights. This is different from the man in document four who believes the