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Hermila Galinda

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Galindo and the second or maternal family name is Acosta. Hermila Galindo Acosta Hermila Galindo.jpeg Born Hermila Galindo Acosta 2 June 1886 Villa Lerdo, Durango, Mexico Died 18 August 1954 (aged 68) Mexico City, Mexico Nationality Mexican Other names Hermila Galindo Acosta de Topete Occupation journalist, activist

Hermila Galindo Acosta (also known as Hermila Galindo de Topete) (1886–1954) was a Mexican feminist and a writer. She was an early supporter of many radical feminist issues, primarily sex education in schools, women's suffrage, and divorce. She was one of the first feminists to state the Catholicism in Mexico was thwarting feminist efforts and she was the first woman to run for elected office in Mexico.