Question

The research showcase requires you to research a topic related to the course and will require you to incorporate at least three critical, scholarly sources related to the text or readings you have selected as the basis for your study. Other types of sources may be used in addition to the scholarly works.

Topic ideas:

• a Chicanx individual (you may build on the research you did for your Chingona Highlight)
• a collection of works (plays, poetry, artwork, murals, public art installations)
• a collective of scholars or activists (queeranderismo/joteria scholars, Las Hijas de Cuauhtemoc, etc)
• or a particular historical event or time period (first Chicana feminist conference, Chicana Movement, Adelitas - women in the Mexican Revolution, gender in Aztec Civilizations, Chicanas in Social Media/Digital Activism, etc)
• compelling themes/issues (curanderas, media representations, policy makers, etc)

Additional Requirements:

Format/Medium: This assignment requires you to present your findings in a way that is viewable online and accessible to our peers (e.g. Instagram page, mock website, blog, powerpoint, google docs, video, prezi, etc).

Length: Length of projects will vary depending on the medium you choose to present your findings. Equate it to an in-class presentation of 10 minutes. Use your best judgement On average that would be a minimum of 5 slides if you used powerpoint. For an instagram page, it varies depending on how you layout your captions. Send me a direct message if you would like additional reassurance.

Can someone help me with this project? I need it by tomorrow morning.

Answer 1

Answer:

Women figured prominently in the Mexican Revolution were a commonplace for women to serve as “soldaderas (soldiers),” cooking, washing clothes, and marching alongside the men, carrying the children. They were also included in the battlefield.

Soldaderas, also known as Adelitas, were the women in the military who participated in the Mexican Revolution, accepting the role ranging from commanding officers to combatants to camp followers. Although some revolutionary women achieved officer status, coronelas (Colonels), there is no evidence of a woman achieving the rank of general. Since revolutionary armies did not have formal ranks, some women officers were called generala or coronela, even though they commanded relatively fewer men under them. A number of women took male identities; they did dressing as men and were being called by the male version of their name.

The largest numbers of soldaderas were in Northern Mexico, where both the Federal Army and the revolutionary armies needed them to serve soldiers by cooking food and nursing the wounded.

Resources:

Resources include the encyclopaedia of Mexico that clearly mentioned the history of Soldaderas and Coronelas, article named as “Photographing the Mexican Revolution”, published from the University of Texas Press in 2012 and an article named as “Soldaderas: New Questions, New Sources" published by Women's Studies Quarterly from The Feminist Press at the City University of New York.