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Mexican Presidents (1940-1970)

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    Manuel Ávila Camacho

    Created an emergency alphabetization campaign in 1944, since 48% of the population was illiterate.
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    Miguel Alemán Valdés

    Gave women the right to vote in municipal elections for the first time in México in 1947.
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    Adolfo Ruiz Cortines

    Created the "aguinaldo" for workers of the State and improved the worker's wages.
    In 1953, allowed women to vote in the presidential elections for the first time.
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    Adolfo López Mateos

    Created the Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado (ISSTE) in 1959.
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    Gustavo Díaz Ordaz

    Signed the "Tratado de Tlatelolco", which prohibited the development, storage, and use of nuclear weapons in Latin AMerica and the Caribbean.