Esperanza Brito de Marti
Esperanza Brito de Marti (Mexico City 1932 - 16 August 2007) was a Mexican journalist, feminist and Mexican activist for the sexual and reproductive rights of women.
She was the daughter of Rodulfo Brito Foucher, rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, and feminist activist Esperanza Moreno. Her journalism career began in 1963 with the periodical Novedades. Later, she was editor of the magazine Fem, one of the early feminist publications in Latin America. She also served as editorial coordinator at Publicaciones Continentales de México which publishes Vanidades, Buenhogar and Cosmopolitan.
"The only image that we are giving is that we cannot unite ourselves. Come on, Latin American sisters, let's fight for equality of women and men." -Esperanza Brito de Marti[1]
Characterized as Betty Friedan's "analog",[1] Brito cofounded the Coalición de Mujeres Feministas in 1967. As a pro-feminist activist, she participated in various organizations such as the Movimiento Nacional de Mujeres,[2] being a cofounder in 1973 and also serving as president. In the same year, she received the National Prize for Journalism "Juan Ignacio Castorena y Ursúa" for her report Cuando la Mujer Mexicana quiere, puede published in Siempre!. With Elena Poniatowska and the Argentine Magdalena Ruiz Guiñazú and Miriam Lewin, Brito worked as an activist for human rights during the late 1970s.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rodgers, Raman & Reimitz 2013, p. 244.
- ↑ Murphy & Spear 2011, p. 280.
Bibliography
- Murphy, Kevin P.; Spear, Jennifer M. (7 September 2011). Historicising Gender and Sexuality. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-4443-4393-9.
- Rodgers, Daniel T.; Raman, Bhavani; Reimitz, Helmut (8 December 2013). Cultures in Motion. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-4989-5.