Maria Latigo de Hernández, the activist who fought for the rights of Mexicans in the United States – 29/07/2018

Maria Latigo de Hernández, an important figure in the civil rights struggle of Mexicans, is honored by Google this Sunday, July 29, 122 years after her birth.

Hernández (born in 1896 in Nueva León) spent a large part of his life defending the rights of Mexicans in the United States, where his parents took him to the middle of the conflict that followed the 1910 revolution in his native country. There he found an established Hispanic community, although a long way to go on the issue of equity.

While he knew how to become a merchant with the pbadage of time, he carried in his blood the teaching, his first job. This has pushed her to involve herself in the Knights of America and in the search for improvements in the living conditions (especially in the education) of the United States. Mexican children and Mexican immigrants.

In addition, her activism emphasized it in the women's movement . Hernández, mother of 10 children, is engaged in the struggle for the expansion of workers' rights.

In addition, she was the first radio host

Although she lived as a child in the States United States, she never left Spanish. In fact, she was one of the only activists to address Mexican immigrants in this language during her public appearances