jan 13, 1916 - PERSIA - Society

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1st Feminist Congress in Mexico-
It was the first feminist congress of 620 delegates met in Mérida, Yucatan, organized by Consuela Zavala y Castillo, a private school teacher. At its last session, delegates proposed that women have the right to vote. By the second Congress, at the end of 1916, fewer than half of the delegates returned and there was not enough support to demand the vote. Yet, thanks in part to the Congress, President Carranza issued the Law of Family and Relations the following year. The Law gave married women new rights and allowed for paternity suits, previously forbidden, and the recognition of illegitimate children.

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