Amalia González Caballero de Castillo Ledón
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Amalia González Caballero 18 August 1898 Santander Jiménez, Jiménez, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Died | 2 June 1986 (aged 87) Mexico City, Mexico |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Other names | Amalia de Castillo Ledón |
| Occupation | diplomat, Cabinet Minister, feminist, suffragette, journalist, writer |
| Years active | 1929–1980 |
Amalia González Caballero de Castillo Ledón (1898 - 1986) was a diplomat, cabinet minister, minister plenipotentiary, writer, president of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, and the first female member of a presidential cabinet. After studying at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, she distinguished herself by fighting in favor of women. She was founder and chair of Club Internacional de Mujeres (1932) and the Ateneo Mexicano de Mujeres (1937). She also founded the Teatro de Masas. In the early 1940s, she was associated with the journal Hogar and in 1946-52, Castillo Ledón was a columnist for Excelsior. She worked for securing women's voting in 1952. Since 2012, her remains rest in the Rotonda de las Personas Ilustres.
Amalia González Caballero was born on 18 August 1898 in the San Jerónimo neighborhood of Santander Jiménez, located in the Jiménez Municipality of the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico to Vicente González Garcilazo and Doña María Caballero Garza. She completed primary school in Padilla and then moved to Ciudad Victoria where she attended the Teacher's Normal School and graduated with teaching credentials. Her family moved to Mexico City and González continued her education at the School of Higher Studies and the National Conservatory of Music. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, later enrolled in the Escuela Superior to study English, and married the historian Luis Castillo Ledón. She founded the Teatro de Masas and began publishing her writings with the release of Cuando las hojas caen in 1929.
She was founder and chair of Club Internacional de Mujeres (1932) and the Ateneo Mexicano de Mujeres (1937) both of which were organized to help secure suffrage for Mexican women. In 1939, she was named as the representative for Mexico to the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM). In the early 1940s, she was associated with the journal Hogar and in 1946-52, González was a columnist for Excelsior. She sponsored the creation of comedy theaters and acted in the first season. She also organized the company to present recreaciones populares (popular recreations), giving short theatrical performances in gardens, employment facilities, penal establishments and schools. They also gave such performances in tents in some of the populous slum areas.
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