Category

Effects

Women

1. The revolution changed the outlook and role of

women. It was seen not only as a mans fight, but
also a womans fight. They were allowed to
become officers or coronelas, as well. Many
passionate women took on male identities
and
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names.
2. However women were still treated badly. The
Revolution just publicized
their poor treatment.
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It is said that during the war, male soldiers would
kidnap women and force them to join the
fighting force. They werent promoted beyond
the position of coronela. The soldiers were
thought to have been treated worse than the
horses. The poor treatment has finally been
exposed after the war, which prompted a
movement for change afterwards.

Arts

1. David Alfaro Siquieros

was a political activist,
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soldier, and artist. He was a mexican muralist
who painted scenes of suffering in prison and
during the war. He had first hand experiences in
both to paint with such emotion. His most
famous painting is Echo of a Scream which
depicts a screaming baby whose face is contorted
in agony. The baby represents the innocent
Mexicans who suffered needlessly during the
Revolution. His painting were heavily influenced
by the violence he witnessed in Mexico during
his time as a soldier and his time in exile and
prison. His 40 foot murals conveyed a deep, and
emotional political message.
2. The Mexican Revolution incited a cultural
revolution, when art brought a sense of national
unity and identity. Painters took the revolution as
an opportunity to look inward and produced
paintings that could speak to the Mexican masses.
One of these painters who were heavily
influenced by the revolution was Frida Kahlo
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Frida claimed that she was born on 1910, not 1907
which her actual birth year, because it was the
start of the Mexican Revolution. As Mexico was
shaken with this new found sense of identity,

artists from Europe even caught wind of it. So

they came to Mexico to join the dynamic
moment and tailor the identity of self in Mexico.

Education

1. The Porfirian economy

had brought about a
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new educated working middle class. A goal was to
establish accessible education for the lower class
people. Villa, who robbed the rich and gave to the
poor, did this very thing according to his
followers. He targeted the rich and used their
wealth to create a free education system for the
poorer people.
2. The Mexican Revolution exposed a weakness: no
matter how educated a middle class person was
they could not advance any further
or have the
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amount of influence they believe correlated to
their education. Middle class citizens could not
rise no matter how much education they
acquired. This meant that the rich stayed rich but
the poor could not become rich. This was a main
idea of the revolution, as education was soon
made even more accessible and advancement
opportunities opened up.

Music

1. Corridos were extremely popular at the time.

They were ballads about oppression, history, and
daily life for peasants
7.Before the media boom
began in Mexico, these songs served as a
prominent informational outlet for the citizens
of Mexico. They were told stories about the
revolution and the true effects of it.
2. La Adelita
is one of the most famous ballads of
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the Mexican Revolution. It changed the outlook
of women during the revolution. It was inspired
by a Durangan women who joined the Maderista
movement and fell in love with Francisco I.
Madero. The name eventually became
synonymous for soldadera, or female soldier
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This iconic corrido became almost a source for
documenting the efforts of women during the
Mexican Revolution.

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