- Andrea Villarreal
Andrea Villarreal (
1881 –1963 ) was a Mexican revolutionary, journalist and feminist. Often referred to in the press as the MexicanJoan of Arc .She gave her vocal support to the liberal-radical
Partido Liberal Mexicano (PLM) opposing the dictatorship of PresidentPorfirio Díaz (1876–1911), during theMexican Revolution of 1910–1917.She was originally from
Coahuila ,Mexico , but was forced to flee with her sister Teresa to the U.S. state of Texas where she published two newsapers from exile in San Antonio, the feminist newspaper "La Mujer Moderna" (The Modern Woman, 1910) and the revolutionary "El Obrero" (The Worker).She died in
San Antonio, Texas ,USA .References
*W. Dirk Raat, Revoltosos: Mexico's Rebels in the United States, 1903-1923 (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1981). At Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. [http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/LL/eel9.html] (accessed October 19, 2007).
*Perez, Emma The Decolonial Imaginary: Writing Chicanas Into History, Published 1999, Indiana University Press ISBN 0253335043 pages 68 – 69 . At Google books [http://books.google.com/books?id=BgPb1MXKPPoC&pg=PA68&lpg=PA68&dq=andrea+villarreal+mujer+moderna&source=web&ots=AFgrmSMhse&sig=ldpVjL97P8o8XYttSnihAeWzPyw#PPA68,M] (accessed October 19, 2007). 1
* [http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/dinner_party/heritage_floor/andres_villareal.php Andrea Villarreal] at the Dinner Party Database, Brooklyn Museum. (accessed October 19, 2007).
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