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Elena Torres
Elena Torres Cuéllar was a leading Mexican revolutionary, feminist, progressive educator, and writer. A member of the communist party, she was the only woman to participate on behalf of the Liga Central de Resistencia at the first meeting of the Yucatán Socialist Party in Mérida in 1917. In 1919, she founded the Mexican Feminist Council, campaigning for better social and economic conditions for women as well as the right to vote. Torres also devoted considerable efforts to improving education in Mexico, especially by facilitating the training of primary school teachers in rural areas.
