Andrea Villarreal

Andrea Villareal (1881 – 1963) was a Mexican revolutionary, journalist and feminist. She was often referred to in the press as the Mexican Joan of Arc.

She gave her vocal support to the liberal-radical Partido Liberal Mexicano (PLM) opposing the dictatorship of President Porfirio Díaz (1876–1911), during the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1917.

She was originally from Nuevo León, Mexico, but was forced to flee with her sister Teresa to Texas where she published two newspapers from exile in San Antonio, the feminist newspaper La Mujer Moderna (The Modern Woman, 1910) and the revolutionary El Obrero (The Worker).

She died in San Antonio.

References

• W. Dirk Raat, Revoltosos: Mexico's Rebels in the United States, 1903-1923 (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1981). At Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. [1] (accessed October 19, 2007).
• Perez, Emma The Decolonial Imaginary: Writing Chicanas Into History, Published 1999, Indiana University Press ISBN 0253335043 pages 68 – 69 . At Google books [2] (accessed October 19, 2007). 1
• Andrea Villarreal at the Dinner Party Database, Brooklyn Museum. (accessed October 19, 2007).

• Address the revolutionary thought of Andrea Villarreal Milenio Online, Griselda Zarate, 09/03/2010. Accessed June 2011. (Includes Photograph)