Caritina Piña (1895 in Ocampo - 1981) was a Mexican anarcho-syndicalist and anarcha-feminist activist. A notable anarchist from the Gulf of Mexico region, she was associated with Librado Rivera. She is credited as one of the first modern feminists in Mexican history.
Caritina Piña | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1895  Ocampo Municipality |
| Died | 1981 (aged 85–86) |
| Occupation | Anarchist, activist, women's rights activist |
Biography
editCaritina Piña Montalvo[1] was born in 1895 in Ocampo, Tamaulipas.[2] Her father was a general in the Mexican army and served under the regime of Porfirio Díaz.[2] From the late 1910s, she advocated for the freedom of political prisoners[3] and embraced anarcho-syndicalism.[4]
Piña was one of Mexico's first feminists and actively involved in both the anarchist and feminist movements in Mexico.[5] Her personal journey allowed her to build connections across various groups, cultures, and social classes.[6] During the 1920s and 1930s, she took on a leadership role within her movement[7] and was connected with other notable figures of the Mexican anarchist movement, such as Librado Rivera.[5]
Her legacy, which quickly faded into obscurity after her death, was rediscovered in the 21st century, notably thanks to the work of historian Sonia Hernandez.[8][9]
References
edit- ^ Hernández, Sonia. "UI Press | Sonia Hernández | For a Just and Better World". www.press.uillinois.edu. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
- ^ a b "Caritina Piña y el legado de las mujeres anarquistas en México". Ojalá (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2024-07-28.
- ^ Hernandez, Sonia (2022-07-21). "For a Just and Better World: A Profile of Two Radical Women Anarchists in the making of Revolutionary Mexico". LAWCHA. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
- ^ Hernández, Sonia (2018-02-26), "Women in Mexican Politics since 1953", Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin American History, doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780199366439.013.454, ISBN 978-0-19-936643-9, retrieved 2024-07-28
- ^ a b Sonia Hernández. DE TAMPICO A TEXAS : LA HISTORIA LABORAL DE MÉXICO A TRAVÉS DEL FEMINISMO TRANSFRONTERISTA , 1910-1940 (in Spanish).
- ^ "Rooted in Place, Constructed in Movement: Transnational Labor Solidarities in the Texas-Mexico Borderlan". read.dukeupress.edu. doi:10.1215/15476715-8767326. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
- ^ Lozoya, Nallely (2023-06-15). "A Vision Without Borders: Magonismo and Mexican Women". Spectra Undergraduate Research Journal. 3 (1). doi:10.9741/2766-7227.1023. ISSN 2766-7227.
- ^ Waldron, Caroline (2024). "Engendering the Left: Anarchism in Settler Colonial Territories". Journal of Women's History. 36 (2): 149–156. doi:10.1353/jowh.2024.a929073. ISSN 1527-2036.
- ^ Craib, Raymond (2023). "Lxs anarquistas". Latin American Research Review. 58 (3): 717–729. doi:10.1017/lar.2023.27. ISSN 1542-4278.