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The cristero rebellion 1926-1929: mexican women, mothers, and marianismo

by Janette Gallardo

In 1926, a religious counter-revolutionary movement began in Mexico known as the Cristero Rebellion. Mexican Catholics across western-central states rose-up against the government, upset in the implementation of what they considered to be anticlerical articles of the Constitution of 1917. Catholics felt targeted by the state and did not like their religious freedom being limited. Amongst the many Catholics who voiced their concern against the state were Mexican Catholic women. I examine the role of women within this movement and the means by which they used their agency as mothers and social activists to defend their religion.Advisors/Committee Members: Lopes, Maria-Aparecida (advisor), Skuban, William (committeeMember).