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1916
During the constitutional debates, Hermila Galindo presented a protest so that woman would be given the vote and that they would have the right to participate in the elections for deputies. Her protest was denied when she pointed out that the activities of the women had been resisted in the home and in the family. -
1922
The right of women was recognized in the municipal and state elections of Yucatan. -
1924
In San Luis Potosi, the vote of women was approved in the municipal elections. -
1924
Elvia Carrillo Puerto, was the first candidate elected to the Yucatan congress. -
1934
During the presidential campaign of General Lazaro Cardenas, the Front of Mexican Women was formed. -
1937
Lazaro Cardenas sent an initiative to reform Constitutional Article 34 to recognize women's suffrage. The Chamber of Deputies frozen her. -
1938
Aurora Meza Andraca become the first Municipal President in Chinpancingo Guerrero. -
1946
The Chamber of Deputies approved the initiative sent by Miguel Aleman to reform Article 115 of the Constitution to recognize the municipal right to vote for woman. -
1952
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines proposed an initiative to Congress to reform Rules 34 and 155 of the Constitution so that women have the right to vote and to be voted in the federal elections. -
1953
On October 17, the right to women's suffrage is decreed at the national level. -
1955
Mexican women voted for the first time, three years after having obtained the right to vote and to be voted. -
1967
In the federal elections the first Senators of the republic were elected. -
1979
Griselda Alvarez Ponce de Leon become the first woman governor of the Mexican republic -
1988
Rosario Ibarra was the first presidential candidate in the history of Mexico ,she was nominated by the unappreciated workers' revolutionary party. -
2014
Incorporated in Article 41 of the Constitution, parity in political representation -
2015
42.4% of women are launched in the Chamber of Deputies at the federal level.
