years_active birth_place nationality name article_title birth_name occupation
1920s-1950s chiapas , mexico mexican estela jiménez esponda estela jiménez esponda
 estela jiménez esponda teacher , feminist , suffragette , politician
estela jiménez esponda

estela jiménez esponda was a mexican professor , feminist , suffragist and women 's rights activist .
she directed the newspaper `` nosotras '' -lrb- us -rrb- and was a leader in the development of the communist party .
during the elections and early tenure of president lázaro cárdenas when it appeared he was supportive of women 's achievement of the vote , jiménez served as a sector leader of party of the mexican revolution -lrb- prm -rrb- and was involved in the frente unico pro derechos de la mujer -lrb- fupdm -rrb- -lrb- united front for women ‟ s rights -rrb- .
the fupdm , which had begun in the 1920s , declined after the unsuccessful ratification of the amendment to article 34 of the constitution granting enfranchisement to women .
jiménez tried to revive the work , leading the prm 's women 's block -lrb- 1943 -rrb- , without much success especially when the party reorganized as pri and she moved further left .
as she saw the effects of malnutrition , labor laws which worked against women , and lack of laws to protect women and children , her ideology became more in line with the communist and socialist parties of mexico .
she participated as an alternate delegate at the `` round table of mexican marxists held in 1947 and in 1948 she was pushed out of the pri .
in 1955 she ran as a candidate for federal deputy for the communist party for the sixth district of mexico .
she also was a member of the ministry of women 's action of the federation of employees of the state or fstse alongside gloria barrera , maria del refugio garcia , josefina vicens and francisca zárate .
