... campesinas. It unearths the authoritarian dimensions of the group’s educational initiatives and exposes these efforts as fundamentally racial, gendered, and class-conscious political and religious projects. Moreover, this article traces how the JCFM, as an influential upper-class laywomen’s group, tried...

...Patricia Gándara Millions of young people receive part of their education in the U.S. and part in Mexico. However, neither the U.S. nor Mexican schools are prepared to educate students from “the other side.” This commonly results in loss of school credit, poor academic preparation and dropping out...

... therein, and the upward mobility they enabled, ingrained an enduring sense of justice in their students. Cárdenas-era struggles and reforms were fundamental in this process as subsequent generations latched onto earlier battles over education as a way of understanding their own experience. This dynamic...

... jugado un rol decisivo en la transformación de la política mexicana. Key words: Education, elections, income, Mexico, middle class, occupation, PAN (Partido Acción Nacional), polls, PRD (Partido de la Revolución Democratica),PRI (Partido Revolucionario Institutional), social class, voters Palabras clave...