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Margarita García Flores

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10 September 2009, Mexico City, Mexico

Margarita García Flores (Monterrey, Nuevo León, 4 July 1922 – Mexico City, 10 September 2009) was a Mexican lawyer, activist, writer and politician; she was also involved in women's suffrage. García cofounded Fem magazine with Alaíde Foppa in 1976; it was the first Latin American feminist magazine. She served as director of Universitarios and Prensa, as well as the publications of National Autonomous University of Mexico. García was also a delegate from Cuajimalpa (1976–80), deputy for III Distrito Electoral Federal de Nuevo León (1973–76), and a deputy for Distrito IV de Nuevo León (1955–58).

Selected works

  • Estudio sobre la situación social, económica y jurídica de la mujer que trabaja en México, 1945
  • La seguridad social y el bienestar humano, 1965
  • La igualdad jurídica, 1975
  • La política en México vista por seis mujeres, coauthored, 1982
  • Fray Servando y el federalismo mexicano, 1982
  • La igualdad jurídica, 1985
  • La seguridad social y la población marginada en México, 1989
  • References

    Margarita García Flores Wikipedia