To begin with, I will be discussing the life of Maria Cristina Mena who as Amy Doherty states was born in Mexico City, to "a Spanish mother and Yucatan father" and had an upper class background that allowed her to later immigrate to New York City at the age of fourteen, before the Mexican Revolution. During Mena's time in New York, she began writing of the oppressions that Mexico had endured during the Revolution to well-known magazine publishers, some of which include the "American Magazine" and "The Century Magazine." ... It is during these instances for example in "The Gold Vanity Se...

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This sketch hardly scratches the surface of Mexican history, so do as much additional reading on your own as you can before the summer begins. ... He ruled the country as a dictator for over 30 years, until the Mexican Revolution in 1910. The Mexican Revolution was the first great revolution of the 20th century. ... The Mexican Revolution was a bitter and bloody time for all of Mexico. ... The revolutionaries of today style themselves after the leaders of the 1910 Revolution. ...

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