SRE recovers first feminist newspaper published in Mexico and opens exhibition

This Monday morning, the Secretary of Foreign Relations, Marcelo Ebrard Casaubón, led the ceremony for the donation of the literary newspaper “Violetas del Anáhuac” to the Diplomatic Historical Collection and the inauguration of the exhibition “Words of Paper-Willpower of Steel”, held in the courtyard “Simón Bolívar” of the Matías Romero Institute.

The literary newspaper “Violets of the Anahuac“is a compilation of the first journal with scientific and literary content by women and for women in Mexico, which was published between 1887 and 1889. From its first issue, the journal directed by Laureana Wright and originally named Las Hijas del Anahuac, openly exposed the need to create an adequate space for Mexican women to expand or disseminate their knowledge, contributing to the progress of Mexico in the late nineteenth century.

For its part, the exhibition “Words of Paper-Wills of Steel“Contains a selection of international treaties, extracted from the Vault of the Diplomatic Historical Collection of the Ministry of Foreign Relations (SRE), registered in 2018 in the “Memory of the World” program of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

The documents bear witness to the consolidation of national emancipation; defending the sovereignty of Mexico and the integrity of its territory and its full incorporation into the concert of nations.

During his speech, the secretary Ebrard stressed that the newspaper “is a really very relevant text […] for whom in Mexico we have been interested in the presence of women in public life ”.

He stressed that “we have a Feminist Foreign Policy […] If we want to build a better society, because we have to be aware of this issue, we have to fight for it, because there is an equal public presence of women, that is the objective. “In that sense,” for whatever we want to organize for the In the coming years, our society must start from this, which is the essential equality and dignity of people ”.

In her opportunity, the lawyer Leticia Bonifaz Alfonzo, a specialist in human rights and gender equality, stated that the literary newspaper “was the first all-women newspaper in Mexico […] The newspaper also has another characteristic, which is part of the Feminist Foreign Policy that the Chancellor is promoting […] which is the rescue of women who had had a presence in Mexico of which little was said ”. He emphasized that the newspaper “is key in the history of Mexican feminism” and that in its content we can find writings “that have to do, sometimes with poetry, sometimes with history, sometimes with very particular situations.”

The newspaper, donated by an individual, was received for its conservation and custody by the general director of the Diplomatic Historical Collection, Laura Beatriz Moreno Rodríguez.

Exhibition “Words of Paper-Wills of Steel”

At the opening of the exhibition “Words of Paper-Wills of Steel“, Foreign Minister Ebrard stated that” what is going to be seen in the exhibition is the history of Mexico’s Foreign Relations, its presence in the world, how the first relations were organized […] up to the latest international agreements that Mexico He has signed”. He stressed that “the creation of four ministries was the beginning of the independent life of Mexico, one of them, that of Foreign Relations.”

Regarding the museum exhibition, the general director of the Matías Romero Institute, Alejandro Alday González, mentioned that it includes the first treaties that guaranteed the recognition of national independence, the defense of national sovereignty and the delimitation of the national territory, as well as the first treaties with which Mexico it was inserted in the concert of nations.

With the support of the Legal Consulting and the Diplomatic Historical Collection, and with the curatorship of Veka Duncan and David Olvera, the constituent documents of organizations such as the UN, and other more recent ones, are also included. Likewise, Foreign Minister Ebrard highlighted the importance of WED to strengthen the presence of Mexico in the world from its first years of independent life until today.

The exhibition “Words of Paper-Wills of Steel”Is presented from December 6, 2021 to January 21, 2022 at the Foreign Ministry Museum, located at the Matías Romero Institute (Republic of El Salvador 47, Historic Center, CDMX), from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Saturday. Free entry.

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