Dolores Jiménez y Muro

Who was Dolores Jiménez y Muro?

Colonel Dolores Jiménez y Muro was a Mexican schoolteacher and revolutionary. A native of Aguascalientes, Ags., she rose to prominence during the Mexican Revolution as a Socialist activist and reformer and as a supporter and associate of General Emiliano Zapata.

Jiménez y Muro was a notable contributor to the Complot de Tacubaya, which sought to depose President Porfirio Díaz in favor of Francisco I. Madero. She is credited with writing "The Political and Social Plan", published on March 18, 1911, which outlined the ideas and aims of the conspirators. The "Plan" advocated a continuation of the demands the Mexican Liberal Party had made in 1906, including fair wages, affordable housing, improved working conditions, and curbs on foreign investment. It also promoted the decentralization of the country's education system, on the premise that a school's needs are best met when it is locally funded and controlled.

She was an editor for La Mujer Mexicana as well as the president of Las Hijas de Cuauhtémoc. She was a radical activist and in 1910 because of the group's extreme opposition to Díaz, she and other members were arrested. She continued to be politically active in jail and founded Regeneración y Concordia. Through this she sought to further the changes that she desired to see in Mexico. She envisioned a country were there were significant improvements to the economy and land reforms. She also wanted changes to improve the living conditions of women.