#soldaderas

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TIL: These #Soldaderas (woman #soldiers) did not grin much. Theirs was a life and death struggle in the Mexican #Revolution of 1910. Only in her late teens, the grind of war is etched on her face. Many #women from the Yaqui tribe joined them in the bid for Mexican Independence. They did a lot of heavy lifting, serving shoulder to shoulder in the trenches with men in addition to doing all the things women do. Their role in the formation of modern #Mexico is forever etched in stone and sewn into the fabric of Mexican society.

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