Margarita García Flores (Monterrey, Nuevo León, 4 July 1922 – Mexico City, 10 September 2009) was a Mexican lawyer, activist, writer and politician; she was also involved in women's suffrage. García cofounded Fem magazine with Alaíde Foppa in 1976; it was the first Latin American feminist magazine. She served as director of Universitarios and Prensa, as well as the publications of National Autonomous University of Mexico. García was also a delegate from Cuajimalpa (1976–80), deputy for III Distrito Electoral Federal de Nuevo León (1973–76), and a deputy for Distrito IV de Nuevo León (1955–58).

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Estudio sobre la situación social, económica y jurídica de la mujer que trabaja en México, 1945 La seguridad social y el bienestar humano, 1965 La igualdad jurídica, 1975 La política en México vista por seis mujeres, coauthored, 1982 Fray Servando y el federalismo mexicano, 1982 La igualdad jurídica, 1985 La seguridad social y la población marginada en México, 1989

Margarita García Flores

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1922 births

2009 deaths

Writers from Monterrey

Politicians from Monterrey

20th-century Mexican lawyers

Mexican activists

Mexican women activists

20th-century Mexican writers

20th-century Mexican women writers

Mexican women lawyers

20th-century women lawyers

Media founders

Women founders

Margarita García Flores